More By Artist: Hailu Mergia
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Hailu Mergia
Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 1/Jul/2013 ] Hailu Mergia is an Ethiopian one-man-band accordion/keyboardist extraordinaire. Hailu made his name in Walias Band and later went on to do some visionary solo recordings. Hailu Mergia's beautiful and surprising 1985 foray into traditional Ethiopian... |
Hailu Mergia
Pioneer Works Swing (Live) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Beautifully captured at one of their fiery live shows at the venerable Brooklyn non-profit cultural center Pioneer Works on July 1, 2016, the concert was recorded by PW staff and mixed by Ted Young with mastering by ATFA's expert audio extraction... |
Hailu Mergia
Pioneer Works Swing (Live) (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Beautifully captured at one of their fiery live shows at the venerable Brooklyn non-profit cultural center Pioneer Works on July 1, 2016, the concert was recorded by PW staff and mixed by Ted Young with mastering by ATFA's expert audio extraction... |
Hailu Mergia
Yene Mircha [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] It's been a long, winding road to Hailu Mergia's sixth decade of musical activity. From a young musician in the 60s starting out in Addis Ababa to the 70s golden age of dance bands to the new hope as an emigre in America to the drier period of the... |
Hailu Mergia
Yene Mircha (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 27/Mar/2020 ] It's been a long, winding road to Hailu Mergia's sixth decade of musical activity. From a young musician in the 60s starting out in Addis Ababa to the 70s golden age of dance bands to the new hope as an emigre in America to the drier period of the... |
Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band
Tezeta [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] From their genesis as members of the Venus club in-house band in the early 70s, The Walias were at the forefront of the musical revolution during an era where modern instruments and foreign styles superseded the traditional fare to become the staple... |
Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band
Tezeta (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 4/Jun/2021 ] From their genesis as members of the Venus club in-house band in the early 70s, The Walias were at the forefront of the musical revolution during an era where modern instruments and foreign styles superseded the traditional fare to become the staple... |
Hailu Mergia
Lala Belu [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 9/Mar/2018 ] The "obscure outsider artist from beyond the west" has become a familiar trope for old music excavated in far-flung places, thanks in part to the eagle-eyed tape rummaging of intrepid label owners such as Brian Shimkovitz. Under his Awesome Tapes... |
Hailu Mergia
Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] Hailu Mergia is an Ethiopian one-man-band accordion/keyboardist extraordinaire. Hailu made his name in Walias Band and later went on to do some visionary solo recordings. Hailu Mergia's beautiful and surprising 1985 foray into traditional Ethiopian... |
Hailu Mergia
Yene Mircha [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / Cassette - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Available on Vinyl LP, CD and Cassette. It's been a long, winding road to Hailu Mergia's sixth decade of musical activity. From a young musician in the 60s starting out in Addis Ababa to the 70s golden age of dance bands to the new hope as an emigre |
Hailu Mergia
Lala Belu (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 9/Mar/2018 ] The "obscure outsider artist from beyond the west" has become a familiar trope for old music excavated in far-flung places, thanks in part to the eagle-eyed tape rummaging of intrepid label owners such as Brian Shimkovitz. Under his Awesome Tapes... |
