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Alemu Aga

Alemu Aga has been played on NTS in shows including LIVE AT THE CLINIC W/ PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE, featured first on 26 April 2017. Songs played include Abatatchen Hoy (Pater Noster), The Sacred Names Of The Begenna and Selè Senè Fetrèt (De La Création).

Alemu Aga (b. 1950) is an Ethiopian musician and singer, a master of the bèguèna.

Born in Entotta, near Addis Ababa, Alemu became interested in the begena (a ten-stringed member of the lute family, also known as "King David's Harp") at the age of twelve, when a master of the instrument moved in next door to his family. The Aleqa Tessema Welde-Emmanuel (a…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Abatatchen Hoy (Pater Noster)
Alemu Aga, ናለሙ ኣጋ
Long Distance, Wotre Music, Théâtre De La Ville1995
Abatatchen Hoy (Pater Noster)
Alemu Aga, ናለሙ ኣጋLong Distance, Wotre Music, Théâtre De La Ville1995
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The Sacred Names Of The Begenna
Alemu Aga
Laika Records2009
The Sacred Names Of The Begenna
Alemu AgaLaika Records2009
Discogs
Selè Senè Fetrèt (De La Création)
Alemu Aga, ናለሙ ኣጋ
Long Distance, Wotre Music, Théâtre De La Ville1995
Selè Senè Fetrèt (De La Création)
Alemu Aga, ናለሙ ኣጋLong Distance, Wotre Music, Théâtre De La Ville1995
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