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Ayalew Mesfin stands aside the likes of Mulatu Astake, Mahmoud Ahmed, Hailu Mergia and Alemayehu Eshete as a legend 1970s Ethiopia. The music he created with his Black Lion Band is amongst the funkiest to arise from Addis Ababa.
Tracklist:
Side A
A1. Tewedije Limut (Let Me Die Loved)
A2. Mot Aykerim (You Can’t Cheat Death)
A3. Shuferu (The Driver)
Side B
B1. Libe Dil Temeta (My Heart Is Conquered)
B2.Gora Weshebaye (The Mountain Hero)
B3. Anchi Yefikir Taot (You Are Love)
B4. Ayish Ayishina (I See And I See You)
Ayalew Mesfin stands aside the likes of Mulatu Astake, Mahmoud Ahmed, Hailu Mergia and Alemayehu Eshete as a legend 1970s Ethiopia. The music he created with his Black Lion Band is amongst the funkiest to arise from Addis Ababa.
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Each album contains an oversized 11” x 11” 16 page book that tells the story of modern Ethiopian music and Ayalew’s role within it.
LP, CD, and Digital. 2020. NA5194. (Complete Works Anthology LP version NA5216).