Ethiopian Hager Fiqir Zemnawoch, Ye Gegnoch Dimtis, Ethiopian Heroic Song, Rastafarian Tunes,Oromo Heros, Amhara Heros, Gurage Heros, Menelik,Black Lions, Ethiopian  Patriotic Songs,  

Hager Fiqir Dimits

habesha

alemayh eshete

Alemyehu Eshete

ethiopia

Badumes Band Azmari -Selamnesh ZEMENE - Rudy BLAS - Olivier GUENEGO - Charles LUCAS - Antonin VOLSON

Bati

Sokota

This is side was taken from a HMV 78 (OAE 198) picked up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on a trip in May 2012. "Wey Feker Wey Feker" is an Amharic phrase which translates into "Oh Love Oh Love." This shellac series JOE / OAE on HMV was released as part of celebrations of the Haile Selassie Jubilee in 1955, and the releases continued at least until 1961. Interestingly, this series was printed on 78rpm when 33rpm had existed since 1948 and 45rpm since 1949 in Ethiopia. This is the only known copy in existence and a listing of this shellac is to appear in an upcoming discography on Ethiopian music.

Mulugheta Haile - Wey Feker Wey Feker (Ethiopia)

Alemayehu Eshete - Temar Lije - Amharic

Kassa Tessema - Fano Fano

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)

This track was lifted from one side of a HMV 78 that I picked up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in May 2012. It is particularly interesting as the lyrics are a mixture of Somali and Oromo yet the melody is Amharic.

Ahmed Aoud with Somali Choir - Addis Ababa Biya Janoi (Ethiopia/Somalia)

Taken from a 45 out on the AMHA label that I picked up in Addis Ababa in April, 2012.

Girma Beyene - Ene Negne By Manesh (Ethiopia)

ethio-beat & ethno-groove

Singhkeo Panya : saxophones & composition
Anne Moret : trompette
Alexandre Debuchy : guitare
Charlie Dubois : basse
Simon Daubelcour : drums

guests on this track : 
Asrat Ayalew : qebero
Selamnesh Zemene : vocals

www.eth-ethiogroove.com

ETH - Tezetegn

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 - Temar Lije - Amharic

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