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EMAHOY TSEGE MARIAM GEBRU Vinyl & CDs

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Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru Played By Maya Dunietz & String Ensemble Live In Paris
Ballad Of The Spirits
Presentiment
Evening Breeze
The Garden Of Gethesemanie
Spring Ode
Golgotha
The Homeless Wanderer
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Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru (purple vinyl LP in spot-varnished sleeve)
Cat: MRP 099LPC1. Rel: 20 Sep 24
 
Jazz
Mother's Love
Ballad Of The Spirits
Song Of The Sea
Homesickness
Golgotha
Jordan River Song
Garden Of Gethesemanie
Song Of Abayi
Story Of The Wind
Evening Breeze
Tenkou! Why Feel Sorry?
 in stock $26.98
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (180 gram vinyl LP)
Cat: MRI 200LP. Rel: 13 Apr 23
 
Jazz
Famine Disaster 1974 (2:58)
The Home Of Beethoven (3:48)
Jerusalem (5:23)
Aurora (1:57)
Quand La Mer Furieuse (3:16)
Have You Seen Assayehegn? (2:35)
Movement From Rainbow Sonata (3:33)
Woigaye, Don't Cry Anymore (5:42)
Farewell Eve (3:54)
The Pilgrim Song (1:45)
Review: We were first alerted to the wonderful musical universe of Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou back in August when her self-titled album was reissued on this label. We learned that Emahoy was an Ethiopian nun known for her piano playing and musical compositions as well as for singing for Haile Selassie. She then became something of a recluse though spent time perfecting her blues. Her music sales have been used to fund orphaned children in Ethiopia. Jerusalem is the first archival release of her music since 2006 when she was introduced to the world.
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Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru (reissue)
Cat: MRP 099LP. Rel: 04 Aug 22
 
Jazz
Mother's Love
Ballad Of The Spirits
Song Of The Sea
Homesickness
Golgotha
Jordan River Song
Garden Of Gethesemanie
Song Of Abayi
Story Of The Wind
Evening Breeze
Tenkou! Why Feel Sorry?
Review: Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou was an Ethiopian nun known for her piano playing and musical compositions. She sang for Haile Selassie though later retreated from the world and lived barefoot n a monastery where she worked on perfecting her blues sound. She became known as the honky tonk nun and levied well into her 90s. This reissue of her self titled album shows off her unique sound which started with her first violin recital at the age of ten and went on to include piano albums being released with all profits going to benefit orphaned children in Ethiopia. What a woman.
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Played by: Moscoman
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Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru Played By Maya Dunietz & String Ensemble: Live In Paris
Ballad Of The Spirits (6:39)
Presentiment (4:47)
Evening Breeze (5:21)
The Garden Of Gethesemanie (4:19)
Spring Ode (8:04)
Golgotha (6:20)
The Homeless Wanderer (9:02)
Review: Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru's compositions come alive in this live at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris performance (held in her memory back in April 2014) played by Maya Dunietz and a string ensemble. This most evocative album has delicate piano with lush strings capturing the spiritual and emotional nuance of Emahoy's music. Across seven tracks like 'Ballad of the Spirits' and 'Spring Ode,' the recording offers a serene journey through meditative melodies and rich harmonies. It serves as a great tribute to Emahoy's work or a perfect primer for the uninitiated.
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Church Of Kidane Mehret
Cat: MRI 214LP. Rel: 22 May 25
 
Modern Classical
Ave Maria (2:36)
Spring Ode - Meskerem (8:40)
The Storm (6:20)
Essay On Mahlet, The Prayer Of Saint Yared (4:00)
Via Dolorosa, XIth Station Of The Cross (11:14)
Prayer For Peace Ps 122 (Kyrie Eleison) (3:55)
Review: Mississippi Recs provide yet another delta stream's worth of Ethio musics by nun and composer Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, presenting a remarkable body of work shaped by faith, solitude, and a deep reverence for sound. First self-released in 1972 and now enlarged over two formerly unheard piano pieces, this new curatorial crimp reveals Emahoy's profound engagement with the liturgical traditions of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church: all laid to record across sacred spaces in Jerusalem, they hear her play piano, harmonium and organ, with tactful piano fingers assuring a chiming touch on 'Ave Maria' and 'Essay on Mahlet', both religious chants heard to echo against ancient stone. Also inside are two compositions from the near-lost album Der Sang Des Meeres (1963), salvaged from obscurity and restored here with equal reverence.
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Church Of Kidane Mehret
Cat: MRI 214CD. Rel: 22 May 25
 
Modern Classical
Ave Maria
Spring Ode - Meskerem
The Storm
Essay On Mahlet, The Prayer Of Saint Yared
Via Dolorosa, XIth Station Of The Cross
Prayer For Peace Ps 122 (Kyrie Eleison)
Mesbak, Yet My Kingis From Old (Ps 74:12-13)
From Thy Side
Behold The Cross
Believe In Me
Review: Some 13 years have now passed since Mississippi Records started reissuing private press albums by Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, an Ethiopian Orthodox nun, pianist and composer whose naturally religious-inspired works frequently took spiritual music to fascinating new places. Here the label turns its attention to 1972's Church of Kidane Mehret, notable not only for being recorded live in various churches across Jerusalem, but also for the use of harmonium and pipe organ as well as Emehoy's beloved piano. The original album, which in line with her other album features intricate and mood-enhancing solo translations of orthodox liturgies, has here been expanded via the inclusion of two further piano pieces from 1963's ultra-rare Der Sang Des Reeres - a set of which only 50 copies were ever produced.
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Church Of Kidane Mehret
Cat: MRI 214CS. Rel: 22 May 25
 
Modern Classical
Ave Maria (2:36)
Spring Ode - Meskerem (8:40)
The Storm (6:20)
Essay On Mahlet, The Prayer Of Saint Yared (4:00)
Via Dolorosa, XIth Station Of The Cross (11:14)
Prayer For Peace Ps 122 (Kyrie Eleison) (3:55)
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 in stock $14.62
Church Of Kidane Mehret
Church Of Kidane Mehret (clear vinyl LP + booklet (indie exclusive))
Cat: MRI 214LPC1. Rel: 22 May 25
 
Modern Classical
Ave Maria (2:36)
Spring Ode - Meskerem (8:40)
The Storm (6:18)
Essay On Mahlet, The Prayer Of Saint Yared (4:00)
Via Dolorosa, XIth Station Of The Cross (11:14)
Prayer For Peace Ps 122 (Kyrie Eleison) (3:54)
Review: Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru's deeply spiritual music has long remained a hidden gem and this release offers a rare chance to experience her most poignant works. Recorded in churches across Jerusalem, her performances on piano, harmonium and pipe organ transcend genre that blends Ethiopian Orthodox liturgy with the technical sophistication of her classical training. There's a serenity to these pieces, particularly in 'Ave Maria,' where her piano's crystalline chimes fill the sacred spaces, while 'Spring Ode - Meskerem' brings new life to familiar melodies, played through the rich drones of the harmonium. The collection moves from meditative to dramatic, with 'Essay on Mahlet' offering a slow, introspective journey as Emahoy translates the free verse of Orthodox liturgy into a delicate piano composition. The inclusion of 'The Storm' provides a moment of intense contrast, its stormy narrative unfolding through sharp, thunderous piano lines. Emahoy's ability to blend devotional themes with emotional depth is most apparent in 'Via Dolorosa,' where the music mirrors the weight of the stations of the cross with breathtaking gravity. Her music, though niche, stands out for its seamless fusion of Ethiopian spirituality with the grand traditions of Western classical music, feeling entirely distinct in its expression. The recordings, originally made in 1972, show a stark simplicity and restrained power that speaks directly to the soul. It's a rare treasure and an essential contribution to the world of spiritual music.
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Souvenirs
Cat: MRI 201CD. Rel: 11 Apr 24
 
Jazz
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
Review: Reissued in the aftermath of her passing away in 2023, Souvenirs is probably the best-known album by Ethiopian legend Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, whose morphing from nun to composer, pianist and vocalist tracks an exquisitely bleak but powerful history. The first album to feature her own voice, the album was written and recorded at her family home in Addis Ababa, and deals in personal themes of loss, homesickness and transience, reflecting on Emahoy's experiences of the turmoil of the 1976 Red Terror in Ethiopia, in which the provisional Derg military dictatorship violently suppressed the rise of other competing revolutionary militia groups, and in so doing caused mass upheavals and migrations. With lyrics sung in Amharic and overlaid against uniquely mournful DIY instrumentations, Mississippi's CD reissue reminds us of its heart-warmer status, betraying Emahoy's deep familial fidelity and integrity.
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Souvenirs
Souvenirs (LP + booklet)
Cat: MRI 201LP. Rel: 22 Feb 24
 
Jazz
Clouds Moving On The Sky (5:07)
Ready To Leave (3:30)
Is It Sunny Or Cloudy In The Land You Live? (4:58)
Tenkou! Why Feel Sorry? (3:59)
Ethiopia My Motherland (5:08)
Where Is The Highway Of Thought? (3:49)
Don't Forget Your Country (3:28)
Like The Sun Shines On Meadows (5:48)
Review: The first vocal album by beloved Ethiopian nun, composer, and pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, Souvenirs is a profound and deeply moving home collection of cassette recordings made amidst political upheaval and turmoil. These are songs of wisdom, loss, mourning, and exile, sung directly into a boombox and accompanied by Emahoy's unmistakable piano. Though written and recorded while still living at her family's home in Addis Ababa, Emahoy sings of the heartache of leaving her beloved Ethiopia, a reflection on the 1974 revolution and ensuing Red Terror in her homeland, and a presentiment of her future exile in Jerusalem. Rich with the sound of birds outside the window, the creak of the piano bench, the thump of Emahoy's finger on the record button, they create a sense of place, of being near the artist while she records. Emahoy's lyrics, sung in Amharic, are poetic and heavy with the weight of exile; she dreamt of releasing this music to a larger audience before her passing in March of 2023, so in her honour, Mississippi present this album in collaboration with her family now, in what would have been her 100th year.
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 in stock $31.49
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