V/A · Wedding Songs Of Ethiopia

Label: Domino Sound / Genre: Latin · Afrique · Asie, Ethio Jazz

TRACKS FOR WEDDING SONGS OF ETHIOPIA
A1. Wondemiye
A2. Anasgebbam Berrun
A3. Asha Gedawo
A4. Yihe New Wey Mizesh
A5. Yeweyn Adebaye
A6. Ahun Demkesh Abedaye
A7. Yebete Zemedu
B1. Kulun Man Kwaleshi
B2. Mehedwa New
B3. Hay Loga
B4. Indalayesh
B5. Iniyaw Yemiru
B6. Yegnama Mushera
B7. Musherit Lemdallech

Originally released on Philips Ethiopia in 1973, this seemingly impossible to find LP is available once again!

With a mix of modern and traditional instruments these fourteen songs go through the progression of an Ethiopian Amhara wedding sung in Amharic. With the trio of singers, Lemma G. Hiwot, Zenebech Tesfaye, and Selamawit G. Selassie, alternating turns at the microphone, and sharing call and response duties, a relentless frenzy of hand clapping incites dancing and smiles. The consumption of tedj (honeywine) and the swirling love of a wedding was captured in the studio with euphoric energy to take away to play over and over again when the festivities are over. With hand screened covers and an insert of wedding photos accompanying the liner notes, this is the next best thing to an invitation to the real thing.
A co-release with Mitmitta Musika of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.