- Tadesse Alemu
Infobox musical artist
Name =Tadesse Alemu
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Background = solo_singer
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Born =Wollega, Ethiopia flagicon|Ethiopia
Died =Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
Genre = Pop
Occupation =Singer
Years_active = 1997–2007
Label = AFR REC
Ethio Sound
SIMA Trading
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Notable_instruments =Electronic keyboard Drum machine
SequencerKrar Masenqo Tadesse Alemu was an
Ethiopian singer from Wollega who sang traditional Ethiopian songs, sometimes Christian-based, in an upbeat pop-music style with the modern-day electronic instrumentation that is characteristic of today’s Ethiopian popular music. Active since 1997, nothing was known about his origins. However, an interview with Alemu’s wife on Voice of Ethiopia radio during fall 2007 confirmed that he had gotten sick and died that July in Addis Ababa of a short disease, which resulted from an infection that was caused by a stabbing wound from several years previously that had not healed properly, just before he was set to leave the country on a concert tour.Partial discography
* "Ethiopian Wedding Songs" (1997)
* "Erikum" (1998 or 1999)
* "Mahider Zema" (2000)
* "Mishamisho" (2001)
* "Wedding Songs" (2003)Links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaP16aUvC1Y YouTube: music video of “Eyamaru Gela”]
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