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Ethiopia: Samuel Yirga Ushers In A Golden Age Of Ethiopian Music
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Ethiopia: Samuel Yirga Ushers In A Golden Age Of Ethiopian Music
Samuel Yirga Ushers In A Golden Age Of Ethiopian Music
By MILO MILES
NPR
Ethiopia enjoys a rich tradition of enticing music, filled with asymmetric rhythms set to a haunting, five-note scale and sly double-entendre lyrics in the Amharic language. It's a shame that, for Western listeners, a full, clear picture of Ethiopian music has been elusive.
The period from the late '60s to the late '70s was a boom era for Ethiopian recordings, which all participants acknowledge as a Golden Age. This heady blend of folk ensembles, so-called Ethio-jazz bands and brash singers who incorporated soul and funk into traditional forms was documented in an admirable series of retrospective albums called Ethiopiques, which was available here in the late '90s. Since then, it's been harder to get a feel for the general tone of modern Ethiopian styles. But this year, there's been a flurry of Ethiopian releases in America, and the key to it for me is 27-year-old pianist Samuel Yirga and his debut album, Guzo.
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I appreciate how he made the piano. He should now produce more piano for export. This will increase foreign earning and creates more jobs. Kids and generation should follow him, ironically. But he can lead his live.
Friend, rather we need to see more engineers, computer scientists and medical scientists. Generally, we need maker than users, producers than consumers.
he is not even reading music note. I am your new fun. Keep it up. I will definitely buy the 'Guzo' album. And look forward to, may be, a live show some day.
Of course there is(are) infinite style of Musical Genre but this one is our best supper conventionally set mix composed by a genius. Is it Ambassel of Maritu Legese, Seyfu Yohnes,Teshome Meteku,Merawi Sitot,Mulatu Astatke,Muhamed Ahmed,Asnakech Worku and others?.I think SamuelYerga answerd it all.It is a good Ethiopian Music Mix.I love it.
Last but not least, Addis Zemen, don't exaggerate!!
አሁን የ ቭኢዲዮውን ጨዋታ አምባሰልን ማለት ነው ስሰማው ጥሩ ነው የተጫወተው::
ሳሙኤል መልካም እድል ለውደፊቱ !!!
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