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Tilahun Gessesse (Amharic: ጥላሁን ገሠሠ; 27 September 1940 – 19 April 2009) was an Ethiopian singer regarded as one of the most popular Ethiopian artist of the 20th century. Noted by his tenor voice, he was nicknamed "The Voice" during his country's " Golden Age " in the 1960s.
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, Mulatu was able to leave Addis Ababa in 1959 to study music at the Trinity College of Music in London. [4]
The most prominent internationally acclaimed Ethiopian singers are Aster Aweke, Alemayehu Eshete, Gigi, Teddy Afro, Tilahun Gessesse and Mahmoud Ahmed. Tilahun Gessesse was popular through 20th-century and nicknamed "The Voice" due to his prolong tenor vocal. In 2001, Teddy Afro debut his album Abugida and quickly become famous singer in his ...
1 Tilahun Gessesse's Tragic Death. 1 comment. 2 Childhood, Grandfather, etc. 1 comment. 3 spelling. 3 comments. 4 Allegation. ... 9 Ethiopian Empire vs Italian East ...
Mulatu Astatke is considered the father of Ethio-jazz music. Multi-instrumentalist Mulatu Astatke has been considered the father of Ethio-jazz. [4] [5] He was born in 1943 in Jimma and developed an interest in music while studying aeronautical engineering in Wales. [3]
A Missouri woman who admitted to killing her husband because she couldn’t afford to divorce him has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. On Monday, Jan. 27, Melanie Biggins, 42, pleaded guilty ...
Tilahun Gessesse: Singer 23 April 2009 () [4] Sylvia Pankhurst: Scholar of Ethiopian studies: 1960 [5] [6] Richard Pankhurst: Scholar of Ethiopian studies: 21 February 2017 () [7] Haile Selassie: Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 5 November 2000 () [8] [9] Menen Asfaw: Empress consort of Ethiopia 1962 [10] [11] Abuna Takla Haymanot
Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, Britain’s PA Media news agency has reported.. Ebony McIntosh, a 24-year-old ...