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The Ethiopian Golden Age of Music was an era of Ethiopian music that began around the 1960s to 1970s, until the Derg regime progressively diminished its presence through politically motivated persecutions and retributions against musicians and companies, which left many to self-imposed exile to North America and Europe.
Telela Kebede (Amharic: ቴሌላ ከበደ; born 1938) [1] is a retired Ethiopian singer who gained popularity during Ethiopia's 1960s and 1970s ‘‘Golden Era’’ of music. [ 2 ] Early life
From the 1960s to the 1970s, popular music encapsulated the Ethiopian Golden Age of music, and the culmination of Ethio-jazz genre. [4] [5] Various musicians including Tilahun Gessesse, Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemayehu Eshete were popular.
The Paris-based world music record label Buda Musique began the Éthiopiques series in 1997 and initially compiled Ethiopian popular music releases from the 1960s and 1970s. Some of the subsequent CDs focus on traditional music, while others highlight individual musicians or specific styles. As of 2017, there have been 30 releases.
Bizunesh Bekele [2] (Amharic: ብዙነሽ በቀለ; 1936 – 25 June 1990) was an Ethiopian soul singer who was popular in the 1960s and 1970s of Golden Age. She was referred to as "Aretha Franklin of Ethiopia" due to similitude of musical style. Her songs were released in her native Amharic language. [3] [4]
Emahoy did not release any of her music made during the 1970s to the 1990s, due to the Derg party coup in 1974, which heavily policed non government or military oriented music. This led to a resurgence of Emahoy's compositions from the 1960s and 1970s when a compilation of Emahoy's work was issued on the Éthiopiques record label.
Arguably one of the best decades of music, the 1970s saw the rise of disco, long shaggy hair, the continuation of the free love movement, and, of course, Rock and Roll at its height of fame.
His songs "Tezata Slow" and "Fast" were featured on the album Ethiopiques, Vol. 10: Ethiopian Blues & Ballads. [7] The Sombrino club—was very popular in 1960s and 1970s— hired him to play accordion. He met with singer Alemayehu Eshete there. Then Getachew spent playing accordion for 15 birr at night. While there, Getachew managed to create ...