Eténèsh Wassié

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Eténèsh Wassié
Background information
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Gondar, Ethiopia
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Singer
LabelsBuda Musique
Websiteeteneshwassie.wixsite.com/eteneshmusic

Eténèsh Wassié (born 1971) is an Ethiopian jazz singer, renowned for her collaborative approach to music and performance.

Biography[edit]

Wassié was born in 1971 in Gondar to an Ethiopian Orthodox family.[1] She began performing in the 1990s in Addis Ababa in azmaribèt - a crossover between cabaret and the Azmari vocal tradition.[1] She is renowned for singing in Amharic and is a leading blues singer in Addis Ababa where she lives.[2]

In 2007 Wassié began a collaboration with Mathieu Sourisseau, which fused together her knowledge of traditional music and his jazz guitar,[3] known as Ethio-jazz.[4] She performed at Seine-Saint Denis Festival in 2018, celebrating twenty years of 'Éthiopiques'.[5][6]

Discography[edit]

  • Zeraf! (2007, album with Le Tigre des Plantanes)[7]
  • Belo Belo (2010, album with Mathieu Sourisseau)[8]
  • Yene Alem (2018, album with Mathieu Sourisseau)[9]
  • Hagir Fikir (2020, single with Ozferti)[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Duo Etenesh Wassie et Mathieu Sourisseau".
  2. ^ The rough guide to world music. Broughton, Simon,, Ellingham, Mark,, Lusk, Jon,, Clark, Duncan (Duncan Antony) (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. 2006. p. 114. ISBN 1-84353-551-3. OCLC 76761811.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ "Etenesh Wassie Trio - (Ethiopia/France) - WOMEX". www.womex.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  4. ^ "Etenesh Wassie". www.rebelbase.be. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  5. ^ à 15h22, Par Annabelle MartellaLe 16 mars 2018 (2018-03-16). "Seine-Saint-Denis : le festival Banlieues Bleues, c'est parti !". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "20 ans d'Éthiopiques, le groove d'Addis-Abeba". RFI Musique (in French). 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  7. ^ "Le Tigre des Platanes fait ses griffes à Africolor". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  8. ^ "Belo Belo - Buda Musique". www.budamusique.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  9. ^ "Yene Alem - Buda Musique". www.budamusique.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  10. ^ "Masked beatmaker Ozferti creates his own trip in 'Hagir Fikir'". PAM - Pan African Music. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-08-04.

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