This article is a follow-up to Love A 1st sight? parts One, Two and Three. It was quite a rainy day in South Beach Miami that afternoon. A category 4 hurricane has been reported to hit the south side of the peninsula in just about 12 hours. Cool ocean-breeze-turned-to-gusty wind blazed through the window swinging [...]
Published by June 25th, 2007 in Dating and Series.Archive for the 'Series' Category
The Funny Songs I remember in the early eighties when Hibret Terit (Variety Show) used to bring some funny songs performed by the veteran Fantu Mandoye. In one skit it was he with Tshaynesh Bekele playing his daughter discussing the passing of arranged marriages and the thing called Love. The title? “Yet Hedesh Neber?” As [...]
Nolawi's post on "Fua Fua yilal Dodgu" reminded me that I had slacked off on the blog and need to get back to business! For those unaware, "Dodgu" was first performed back in the early 60's if not earlier–I still have to find the original artist. Netsanet Melesse re-recorded it in the mid 1980's with [...]
Continuing series I & series II; the third and final song picked … The interest being on the song rather than the artist; these are songs which I personally deem greatest songs in modern Ethiopian music history. I was trapped between two songs which I felt had so much importance culturally in the last 20 [...]
Continuing the series, the second song picked … The interest being on the song rather than the artist; these are songs which I personally deem greatest songs in modern Ethiopian music history. Tizita, I probably do not need to say much her; this song has been around so long that no one knows the true [...]
