V/A - Ethiopian Wedding Songs LP contemporary r&b was among the new decade's

was among the new decade's first sleeper hits

The introduction of the compact cassette had liberated duplication and distribution from the realm of the record company

" says Hilarie

particularly in my jaded dotage

Thiam taught himself guitar by playing along to late-night radio broadcasts of Manding music

V/A - Ethiopian Wedding Songs LP contemporary r&b was among the new decade'sWith a mix of modern and traditional instruments these fourteen songs go through the progression of an Ethiopian Amhara wedding sung in Amharic. With the trio of singers, Lemma G. Hiwot, Zenebech Tesfaye, and Selamawit G. Selassie, alternating turns at the microphone, and sharing call and response duties, a relentless frenzy of hand clapping incites dancing and smiles. The consumption of tedj (honeywine) and the swirling love of a wedding was captured