Addis Ababa - New Beat Music From Ethiopia

Alemayehu Eshete | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 30, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B000000E33
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #700,060 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #21 in Music > World Music > Africa > Ethiopia

Track Listings

1. Addis Ababa Bete

2. Yewoine Haregitu

3. Manihun Tilek Saw

4. Yeworma Zengada

5. Ambassel

6. Denyew Denaba

7. Marign Biyeshalo

8. Chigerish Bene Alfoual

9. Kotuma Fikrie

10. Tizita

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Authentic Ethiopian music composed with modern instruments., February 22, 2002

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Seife Yohannes (Hyatsville, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Addis Ababa - New Beat Music From Ethiopia (Audio CD)

This is a great CD of Alemayehu's (the Ethiopian Elvis) greatest works of his seasoned musical career. The old authentic Ethiopian melodies are composed with mixed symphonyish, jazzy, rich musical extrvaganza. With his powerful bass voice, his vibrant and jubliant immersion in his performance is apparent in his songs. He offers his beatuful versions of Tizita and Ambassel (classis Ethiopian melodies). My favorite is however, Marign Biyeshalo with poetic rhymes ('Kodaye tegefo yihunilish chama'- peel my skin off and make a shoe out it for her). I recommend it to anyone who loves the original Ethiopian melodies and appreciates its composition with 21 century instruments.

PS: Watch out for the saxophone solos.