Alèmu Aga has been played on NTS in shows including The Early Bird Show w/ Maria Somerville, featured first on 26 April 2017. Songs played include Yèbèguènna Derdèra (Instrumental), Kèto Ayqèrem Motu (Tu N'échapperas Pas A La Mort) and Tèw Semagn Hagèré (Écoute, Cher Concitoyen).

Alèmu Aga (Amharic: ዓለሙ አጋ) (born 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,…