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Urban Azmaris of the 90s, various artists (1998) Éthiopiques Volume 3: Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music, various artists (1998) Éthiopiques Volume 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale, 1969–1974, Mulatu Astatke (1999) Éthiopiques Volume 5: Tigrigna Music, various artists (1999) Éthiopiques Volume 6: Almaz, Mahmoud Ahmed
The Ethiopian Golden Age of Music was an era of Ethiopian music that began around the 1960s to 1970s, until the Derg regime progressively diminished its presence through politically motivated persecutions and retributions against musicians and companies, which left many to self-imposed exile to North America and Europe.
The following is an alphabetical list of notable musicians using Amharic vocals in their musical compositions. The Amharic language is predominantly used in Ethiopia . Contents:
Many genres like EDM, rock and hip hop blended with the traditional music. Jano Band credited with devising progressive rock with Ethiopian music. [12] Hip hop music emerged in Ethiopia from early to mid-2000s to form the distinct Ethiopian hip hop music. [13] Central pioneering hip-hop musicians are Teddy Yo and Lij Michael. [14] [15]
Ethiopian playwright Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin incorporated Telela's gifted singing voice in his 1974 play; Ha Hu Besidist Wer. [2] In that same year, Telela Kebede was briefly (three months) sent to prison by the newly installed Derg regime for singing a song, " Lomi Tera Tera " (lit., Lemon quarters); that warned of the dissolution of her country.
The following list of Ethiopian artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Ethiopia, of Ethiopian descent or who produce works that are primarily about Ethiopia.
He went on to pursue a formal education in music at Holy Trinity College in London. Astatke was interested in promoting traditional Ethiopian music to Western audiences. Beginning in 1958, he also studied jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston. There, he successfully combined Ethiopian music with Western jazz and rhythms, conceiving "Ethio ...
Hailu Mergia was born in 1946 in the Shewa Province of the Ethiopian Empire and moved to Addis Ababa at age 10. [2] He grew up on traditional Oromo, Amhara and Tigrinya songbook melodies, and taught himself the accordion at age 14. [3] In 1952, when he was 14, he dropped out of high school and joined the army music department to support his family.