tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459104099060577976.post1907267041448374475..comments2024-03-04T15:46:40.928-06:00Comments on Likembe: Aster Aweke Live in AddisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459104099060577976.post-15430956292071567432007-09-23T06:40:00.000-05:002007-09-23T06:40:00.000-05:00ha... them kids in the audience was feeling it!fun...ha... them kids in the audience was <I>feeling</I> it!<BR/><BR/>funny thing, though: a few years ago, back when i first started digging Ethiopian music, i tried to discuss it with an Ethiopian girl and she kinda scoffed at me and said "that's not <I>real</I> Ethiopian music."<BR/><BR/>i know what she meant, though. i think.Comb & Razorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912912211584098914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459104099060577976.post-91498479976050111662007-09-23T00:07:00.000-05:002007-09-23T00:07:00.000-05:00Very nice clip, though AFAIK, Aster has always wor...Very nice clip, though AFAIK, Aster has always worked this way. A former boss told me of hearing her sing when she was working as a waitress at Aksum, the first Ethiopian restaurant established in the D.C. area. Apparently she did a lot of a cappella work. My ex-boss was actually disappointed with the kind of arrangement she used in the clip you posted! (She said the same about Mahmoud Ahmed - that he does lot of "roots" music in his live shows, with stripped-down instrumentation - I guess for the folks who are missing home.)spinning in airhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758973689640930723noreply@blogger.com