Mahmoud Ahmed
(Sète, August 5, 2008)
(Sète, August 5, 2008)
Alemayehu Eshete
(Sète, August 5, 2008)
(Sète, August 5, 2008)
Wednesday November 17, 2010
After israel ( http://www.protection-palestine.org/spip.php?article9394 ), France ( http://www.lesinrocks.com/actualite/actu-article/t / 51630/date/2010-10-04/article/mitterrand-intervient-pour-eviter-lexpulsion-de-rappeurs-congolais / and http://next.liberation.fr/musique/01012301110-cheikh-lo- al-water ) and now the USA, migration policies ultrasécuritaires PREVENT musicians to sing! Now it
Mahmoud Ahmed, the biggest star of Ethiopian music, which is blocked in the U.S. and France canceled its concert, or rather replaced by that of Alemayehu Eshete (my favorite!): -------------------------
New business visa!
Mahmoud Ahmed cancels all his French tour which was to begin in late November: he will not be as expected Theatre Gerard Philipe in Saint Denis on December 10. The reason: Mahmoud Ahmed lives in the United States for three years with a renewable residence permit and he is going dobtenir the famous final green card. To do this, it should not leave the country and wait, just to prove his love to the star-spangled banner! He has a valid Schengen visa to enter France, but neither his manager Francis Falceto nor himself cared navaient danticiper the problem. And as American ladministration didn't the habit of joking, our singer does not want to move to Washington and our manager went improvident be forgotten in Ethiopia. The concert will take place, however, and Mahmoud Ahmed Africolor to be replaced. Not the last of the Ethiopian singers, but by a star. The Band which was to accompany Badume Mahmoud Ahmed Alèmayèhu Eshèté and play with a guest, Selamnesh (Friday, December 10 at Saint-Denis TGP):
Alèmayèhu Eshèté is one of the voices of the legendary "Swinging Addis", cooing on ballads or marshmallows tearing on rocks fever. His references are called Little Richard, Nat King Cole, Pat Boone or Elvis-obviously-. Graying hair but still impeccably toothed, that old teen loves to vary her age at the option of interviews, varying the gap between Western and Ethiopian calendars (7 years apart). He was born in 1941 in Djamm, city of the province of Wello. From humble beginnings, the young man must face the wrath father when he starts hanging out and singing in night clubs red light districts. It is said that his father sometimes hurtling along in the middle of a set, and brought home by the skin of the back. At age 20, Alemayehu Eshete was noticed by a colonel who enlists in the famous Police Orchestra. At that time, only the institutional formations were entitled to perform in public and the Police Orchestra was one of the most famous band (with The Orchestra of the Imperial Guard). Alèmayèhu is also an author and composer and his songs speak of family conflict, filial piety and virtue of work. But the singer was hated by the older generations who saw him as a supporter of the degradation of the walls, blinded by the accents of rock music.
Selamnesh Zemene belongs to the nomadic community Azmari of Gonder region in the highlands 750 kilometers from Addis Ababa. Ethiopian singers and musicians with our own bards, Azmaris often occur in bars called azmaribet. These artists are known for their sedentary improvisational skills, able to laugh as to criticize the government. We discovered last lannée and it was the revelation dAfricolor. Since she sing Addis Ababa with a song that goes jingle and cest a joy to find it: it will overshadow the aging star dazzled by the American dream.
http://www.africolor.com/programme_fiche.php?festival_id=23&programme_id=123
================================== To accompany these dark times, Is not It A PITY a beautiful piece written by George Harrison after he left the Beatles ...:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySjMgSNmH8Y
A version with Eric Clapton and Billy Preston :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebGh2vWeBf4
A beautiful version sung by Bettye Lavette on American TV:
http://www.youtube .com / watch? v = T2ozpHruVUs
who said Bettye Lavette, November 15, 2010 in The New Yorker: "I Really Do not Have a lot of talent. I Can Cook, and I can fuck, and I can sing. And I'm Proud of all of 'em. "
Below the original lyrics and a translation in French ...
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Is not It A Pity George Harrison
Isn 't it a pity
Now, is not it a shame How we break
Each Other's Hearts And because
Each Other How we take bread
Each Other's love Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give-back Is not it a pity
Some Things take so long Purpose
how do I explain When not too
many people
Can see we're all the same
And because of all their tears
Their eyes can't hope to see
The beauty that surrounds them
Isn't it a pity
Isn't it a pity
Isn't is a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Forgetting to give back
Now, isn't it a pity
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N'EST-CE PAS DOMMAGE
George Harrison
N'est-ce pas dommage
N'est-ce pas une honte
Comment we break the heart with each other And we're undergoing any
each other
How we love each other
Without thinking
Forgetting to give back Is not
Some damage things take so long
But how can I explain
When not too many people
Who can see we're all the same
And because with all their tears Their eyes can
hope to see the beauty
around them
Is it not a pity
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which version you prefer So of Will I : that of Laura Lee or that of Sylvia Thomas ?
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