LA•022 Kuku Sebsebe Little Axe Records

LA•022 Kuku Sebsebe Little Axe RecordsDeeply affecting & jewel like pop songs from the early 1980s by the internationally renowned Ethiopian singer, Kuku Sebsibe. Born in Addis Ababa, she began performing live during high school and was almost immediately a sensation, doing stints in many of the most legendary ensembles of the day, including Roha Band, Wallias Band, & Ibex Band. She cut her first single with the great Alemayehu Eshete (see the two separate Ethiopiques volumes dedicated to

and the centuries-old royal repertoire of the Burmese harp and xylophone

Limited edition of 500 copies

which Eyesus plays here in an absolutely entrancing manner while softly singing songs of devotional reflection

one of the world’s oldest and most beguiling instruments

A reissue of Boubacar Traoré's classic debut album

it has long been the central instrument used to accompany Ethiopian Orthodox hymns

Nasim-e Sahar (The Breath of the Dawn) by Asareh Shekarchi (on tombak and āvāz)

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With a prevalent joy and catchy sing along style

a soother of evil and disturbed spirits —it’s low

moody and dramatic

the sound is as much Arabic as Ethiopian