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Mahmoud Ahmed:
🎵 Ere mela mela / meche neu
Mahmoud Ahmed is a national icon of Ethiopia, a musician who rose to prominence during the time of Haile Selassie, and whose songs are known by every generation, though he hasn’t released a new track in decades. Now, he’s retiring, and @thecontinent spoke to him days before his final concert in Addis Ababa. Here’s the interview — writer Maya Misikir suggests listening to it accompanied by Ahmed’s most famous track, “Tizita,” (sometimes known as “Tezeta”) which is a song about nostalgia.
https://continent.substack.com/p/i-would-be-happy-to-die-on-that-stage
#Africa #Ethiopia #MahmoudAhmed #Music ##Tezeta #Tizita #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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Mahmoud Ahmed:
🎵 Ere mela mela / meche neu
I wrote about the astounding Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed for Igloo Magazine. His music has been a part of my life for the last 24 years or so and never ceases to amaze.
With a brief look at some notables along the road, Chang Terhune’s Music Mondays aims to shed light on both new and old(er) music over a wide spectrum of sound (and vision). This week, Mahmoud Ahmed—Ethiopian vocalist of Gurage descent born May 8, 1941 in the Mercato district of Addis Ababa.
Today's gleefully doing nothing #music is well-known #Ethiopian but new-to-me bandleader Mahmoud Ahmed & his stellar horn section with volume 1 of his 'best of' recordings.
#MahmoudAhmed #BigBand #Fusion
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/the-best-of-tizita-vol-1-mahmoud-ahmed/d6d83jfwgj1ic