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Hailu Mergia (Amharic: ኃይሉ መርጊያ, romanized: ḫayilu merigīya) is an Ethiopian keyboardist, accordionist, composer, and arranger now based in Washington D.C., United States. He is known for his role in the Walias Band in the 1970s, one of the most significant groups in Ethiopia’s "golden age" of music. [1]
The DC area has Ethiopian newspapers, [20] including Ze Ethiopia. [22] The Ethiopian Yellow Pages (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ የሎው ፔጅስ [23]) is published in Alexandria, Virginia, [20] and the headquarters of the publication is in Shaw, Washington, D.C. It has over 1,000 pages of content.
Mahmoud Ahmed performing in Washington DC at the 2008 Ethiopian Soccer Tournament. By 1978, censorship laws prevented Mahmoud from releasing his music on vinyl and so he switched to releasing cassettes. In the 1980s, Mahmoud operated his own music store in Addis Ababa's Piazza district while continuing his singing career.
Wayna was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and immigrated to the United States with her mother at the age of three. She was raised in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and began singing and acting as a child, performing in theater productions like "Annie" and "Damn Yankees," and touring with the children's musical review company, "Song Inc."
Ethiopian Americans are Americans of Ethiopian descent, as well as individuals of American and Ethiopian ancestry. The largest Ethiopian American community is in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, with some estimates claiming a population of over 200,000 in the area; other large Ethiopian communities are found in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Las Vegas, Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, Denver ...
Jano Band is an Ethiopian rock band formed by its entrepreneurs Ermyas Amelga, Bill Laswell and former manager Addis Gessesse in 2011. It versatilely mixes progressive rock with Ethiopian music. The band includes two female back and lead vocalists, two lead male vocalists, and four musicians who play bass guitar, rhythm guitar, drum, and keyboards.
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Mulatu recorded Mulatu of Ethiopia (1972) in New York City, but most of his music was released by Amha Eshete's label Amha Records in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, including several singles, his album Yekatit Ethio Jazz (1974), and six out of the ten tracks on the compilation album Ethiopian Modern Instrumentals Hits.