Name: Tewolde Redda - Milenu (Ethiopia) by Shifta Shakla*
Duration: 4 min 42 s
Description: Beautiful Tigrinyan melody from Tewolde Redda. This track is taken from an LP of Northern Ethiopian songs called "Ethiopian Hit Parade." I picked this up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in April, 2012.

Ambasel, the Roha Band

Tsetsmwana Kielna N'tsnah

GIGI - Bati voice

03 Abashawel

04 Hallu

Tezeta - Mahmoud Ahmed

Get it here: https://ostinato-records.lnk.to/sweetasbrokendates

★★★★ 
-- The Guardian

"A mega mixtape of Somali classics."
-- BBC

"Sparkles with superior voices, superb musicians and both familiar & refreshingly new sounds." 
-- Wall Street Journal

"This record is a miracle. A legacy of the past that blurs the trauma of the present." 
-- Le Monde

"Perhaps the most beautiful music in the world, finally rediscovered."
-- Radio Nova Paris

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Snippet of one of the tracks in the upcoming compilation "Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa". 

"Uur Hooyo" licensing courtesy of Cabdinaasir Macalin Caydiid in Hargeisa. 

Special thanks to Christina Woolner & Kenedid Hassan for helping us license this song. 

Read more about the project here:

— BBC bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05btd5h
— Wall Street Journal on.wsj.com/2wTYAzQ 
— AL JAZEERA http://bit.ly/2vfgc4g
— YAHOO / AFP https://yhoo.it/2w2ofFe
— OKAYAFRICA http://bit.ly/2uNaGsn | http://bit.ly/2f0kaLB
— MUSIC IN AFRICA http://bit.ly/2hfMx9n
— QUARTZ AFRICA http://bit.ly/2hfWTpC
— RADIO NOVA PARIS http://bit.ly/2ubY3U7
— THUMP GERMANY http://bit.ly/2vkS708

Watch the TED talk about the project: http://bit.ly/2vleB1g

Vocals -- Mohamed "Huro" Abdihashi 
Guitar -- Abdinaasir Macalin Aideed
Sax -- A man nicknamed 'Alto'
Organ/Synth -- Abdi Yare and Shacayb 
Drums -- Amiin

Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa

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Danan Hargeysa feat. Mohamed "Huro" Abdihashi — Uur Hooyo (Mother's Womb) (1987)

I don't own any copyright, just sharing for listening purposes.

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Beautiful Tigrinyan melody from Tewolde Redda. This track is taken from an LP of Northern Ethiopian songs called "Ethiopian Hit Parade." I picked this up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in April, 2012.

Tewolde Redda - Milenu (Ethiopia)

FACE A : uffey bireri

Réf : PH 126
Philips

BEREKET MENGISTAAB

This slow burner is the flip to the phenomenal 45 "Esqegizew Berchie" by Alemayehu Eshete released on the AMHA label (AE770). I picked up this coloured vinyl copy on a trip to Addis Ababa in March, 2011.

Alemayehu Eshete - Tedesteshal Woi (Ethiopia)

"Shifta Shakla" is an Ethiopian Amharic phrase which loosely translates to "Bandit Vinyl." The music on this site is all recorded from vinyl records found on my travels to different corners of the world. Enjoy.

Tewolde Redda - Milenu (Ethiopia)

Shifta Shakla*

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