Everyone in the music business thinks they're a rebel. And then there's Amha Eshete: in 1969 he defied Haile Selassie's Imperial edict by recording, pressing and selling Ethiopia's first pop music 45 rpm disc.
This simple act of rebellion or commerce opened the floodgates of what we now know as the golden age of Ethiopian music. It never would have happened without Amha Eshete, who passed away on April 30 at age 74 (and spent 19 years in exile in Washington DC, by the way, where he ran the Blue Nile and Ibex nightclubs).
This week on Global A Go-Go we pay tribute to Amha Eshete by playing four of the 103 singles his label released between 1969 and 1975. If you'd like to know more about Eshete, Pan African Music published a terrific two-part interview with him last year: pan-african-music.com/en/amha-eshete-the-dreamer, pan-african-music.com/en/amha-eshete-the-exile-and-the-return-to-native-land
Also this week (Monday May 24, 3:00-5:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): a posthumous tribute as well to Nick (Count Dubulah) Page of Transglobal Underground and Dub Colossus, a set of merengue from the Dominican Republic and beyond, and an hour of global electronica that will get your head, toe and whole body into motion.
All the podcasts: radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Le Super Choucoune 70 | Haiti | Madeleine | Ca Chaufee A Cabane Choucoune | Aux Ondes | 1972
Maria Raquel Y Sus Maravillas | Colombia-USA | El Tiempo Se Acabo | El Tiempo Se Acabo - Single | Chulo | 2021
David Byrne | USA | The Call Of The Wild | Rei Momo | Luaka Bop / Sire | 1989
Los Hermanos Rosario | Dominican Republic | La Duena Del Swing | Los Duenos Del Swing | Karen | 1995
Mulatu Astatke | Ethiopia | Yekermu Sew | Mote Adeladayu / Yekermu Sew - Single | Amha | 1969
Teshome Meteku | Ethiopia | Hasabe | Hasabe / Yezemed Yebada - Single | Amha | 1969
Muluken Melesse | Ethiopia | Ete Endenesh Gedawo | Wotetie Mare / Ete Endenesh Gedawo - Single | Amha | 1975
Alemayehu Eshete | Ethiopia | Honey Baby | Lib Tatefalech / Honey Baby - Single | Amha | 1969
Anthony Joseph | Trinidad & Tobago-England UK | Calling England Home | The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running For Their Lives | Heavenly Sweetness | 2021
Dub Colossus | England UK-Ethiopia | Uptown Top Ranking | Addis Through The Looking Glass | Real World | 2011
Lucas Santtana & Selecao Natural | Brazil | Lycra-Limao | 3 Sessions In A Greenhouse | Mais Um | 2006
Little Axe | USA | Hard Times | Stone Cold Ohio | Real World | 2006
Balkan Taksim | Romania | Zali Zare | Disko Telegraf | Buda Musique | 2021
Kottarashky & The Rain Dogs | Bulgaria | Lament | Cats, Dogs And Ghosts | Asphalt Tango | 2016
Baiuca | Galicia Spain | Veleno (feat Rodrigo Cuevas) | Embruxo | Raso Estudio | 2021
Penny Penny | South Africa | Shaka Bundu | Shaka Bundu | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1994
Mysterious Traveller | Brazil | The Guitar, The Drums, The DJ | Brazilart | Irma | 2000
Franck Biyong feat Christine Violle | Cameroon-Brazil-France | Anywhere Trouble (club mix) | Trouble | Hot Casa | 2020
Praktika | France-Mali | Foli Folle (feat Ko Saba) | Benkadi | Blanc Manioc | 2021
Dawda Jobarteh | Gambia-Denmark-England UK | Sama Kebbalu (Ben Gomori's Lead By Example edit) | Sterns Edits Vol. 1 | Sterns Edits | 2020
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band | Ghana-Germany-Netherlands | Yamona (Dam Swindle remix) | Straight From The Decks 2 | Pura Vida Sounds / Heavenly Sweetness | 2021
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