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Souvenirs
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
Mississippi Records
RELEASE DATE:
2026-05-19
FORMAT:
12" Vinyl LP
COLOUR:
Gold
CATALOGUE NO:
MRI201LP-C1
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The first vocal album by beloved Ethiopian nun, composer, and pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru — profound home cassette recordings made amidst political upheaval in Addis Ababa between 1977–1985. Songs of wisdom, loss, mourning, and exile, sung directly into a boombox and accompanied by Emahoy's unmistakable piano. Rich with the sound of birds outside the window, the creak of a piano bench, the thump of a finger on the record button.
Now on limited gold vinyl pressing. Emahoy dreamt of releasing this music to a larger audience before her passing in March 2023.
For fans of: Alice Coltrane, Hailu Mergia, Mulatu Astatke
- Clouds Moving on the Sky
- Ready to Leave
- Is It Sunny or Cloudy in the Land You Live?
- Tenkou! Why Feel Sorry?
- Ethiopia My Motherland
- Where Is the Highway of Thought?
- Don't Forget Your Country
- Like the Sun Shines on Meadows