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Tizita songs are a popular music genre in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It's named after the Tizita Qañat mode/scale used in such songs. [1] Tizita is known for strongly moving listener's feelings not only among the Amhara, but a large number of Ethiopians, in general. [5] Western sources often compare tizita to the blues.
The music of Ethiopia is a reflection of all the historical and social episodes, such as the military campaigns that various warlords or chiefs had to launch. The music is about war as well as patriotism, songs of victory, and songs that incite support for a certain crusade. [10] The music is also about love, with wonderful melodies and poetic ...
Aster Aweke [ʔəsɨteɾɨ ʔəwək'ə] (Amharic: አስቴር አወቀ; born 1959) [1] is an Ethiopian singer-songwriter. Aster's voice has attracted broader public popularity, especially tracing back in 1990s singles and her single "Abebayehosh" in Ethiopian New Year. She is best known for her 1999 album Hagere and her 2006 album Fikir.
Éthiopiques is a series of compact discs featuring Ethiopian singers and musicians. Many of the CDs compile songs from various singles and albums that Amha Records, Kaifa Records and Philips-Ethiopia released during the 1960s and 1970s in Ethiopia.
Ethiopian jazz is a fusion of traditional Ethiopian rhythms and harmonies with the techniques and instruments of Western jazz. One of the key figures in the development of Ethiopian Jazz was Mulatu Astatke. As a teenager, Astatke was able to leave Addis Ababa in 1959 to study music at the Trinity College of Music in London. [4]
His mastering of the accordion, as well as the keyboard and his talent for "re-purposing folk songs into funkier modern melodies," defined his contribution to popular music in Ethiopia. [2] In the 1970s, Hailu Mergia was the keyboardist in the Walias Band , an Ethiopian jazz and funk band with a hard polyrhythmic funk sound influenced by ...
Tsedenia Gebremarkos was born in 1972 Ethiopian Calendar [1979/1980 in Western Calendar] in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire. Tsedenia began her career after releasing her debut album Bisetegn in 2004. The song "Neh Yelijinete" is header of the album, recounts her love story.
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.