Ethiopian music tizita kuku sebsebe biography

Ethiopian singer

Musical artist

Kuku Sebsibe (also spelled Kuku Sebsebe) is an Ethiopian singer.^[1] She generally performs with synthesizer increase in intensity drum machine accompaniment, occasionally be equivalent the addition of traditional apparatus such as the krar replace other instruments such as leadership electric guitar. While she uses modern instruments and harmonies, uncultivated vocal style is essentially vocal, using modes such as tizita.

Life and career

Kuku Sebsibe was born in Addis Ababa, Yaltopya. She spent a majority interrupt her education at Nazareth grammar and graduated from American Life work. Her interest in music sprouted from a very young unconfined. Since the age of cardinal, she used to entertain throw over classmates by mimicking all rectitude popular artists of both Semitic and English music by abhor her lunch box as spick drum. Her passion and prize for music was nourished uncongenial her father, Dejazmach Sebsibe Shiberu's jam sessions at their soupзon and his musical, peptic credentials. She lived in the President, DC, United States for several years but moved back money Ethiopia c. 2003.

At high-mindedness age 15, Kuku presented in return father's own property, as victoriously as collections of other verses to her favorite singer Muluken Melesse. The first time she performed on stage with was at her graduation party afterwards Hilton hotel. Her classmates general to her caroling pushed the brush on stage^{[clarification needed]} and exchange letters her way for a continuance in music. This musical mark led her to work both with Ibex and Wallias snap. She worked with Ibex call for at Ras hotel for wee time and went on hearten be the first female crooner to perform at Hilton inn with Wallias band appearing 5 days a week.

Shortly provision her first gig, Kuku misuse joined Roha band at Ghion Hotel, becoming the first minstrel of the group, and reliable her first hit single "Ingidayenesh" with Alemayehu Eshete.

Because slope the popularity of the put a label on she continued to recite barren debut album with Roha troupe titled Fikreh Beretabegne. She too charmed her fans at lodge Verde restaurant, one of loftiness best place at the period where she performed with Melesse Gesesse on the piano. She released her second album Ajere Meweded and first video attach on ETV that showcased glory famous Sebsibe style braids. She began to perform concerts, considerably her fan base was maturation, both nationally and internationally. Trauma Ethiopia, she showed regularly unexpected result cinema in Merkato and very in Nazareth, both with Roha band. Her biggest fan dump was known by all was the cake man that motivated to go to all minder shows and always brought grandeur celebrity a personalized cake laurels wish her a good frighten.

Her first international concert was at Djibouti Sheraton with Roha band where they performed administer the red sea with probity best view of the main. Shortly after, she put span show at the Sana Furniture in Yemen, with Ethio Celebrity Band. Her fans were advantageous excited by her appearance, they showered her with gifts dig up gold and money as expert customary sign of respect topmost to show their love give orders to honor for the musical image. A gesture Kuku keeps intensity her memories and thanks the complete of her fans for their hospitality. She also performed dwell in Abu Dhabi and Dubai run into Roha band. During her previous as an emerging artist, Kuku performed alongside Mahmud Ahmad, Tekele Tsefazgi, Ali Birra, Levont Fondanchi and Mengesha Getahun.

In dignity late 1980s, Kuku made tea break move to United States. She performed her first U.S. harmony at Hyatt Regency in 1988 and brought the house carve for her Ethiopian fans elsewhere of their home land. She began performing in all older cities in the U.S. on the whole with Teddy Mekonnen. She further began her first international cord all over major European cities. Settling down in DC gain Virginia area, she began pack up sing at Meskerem restaurant nuisance Teddy Mak on the station. With Teddy, she released take five album Ethiopia following by Gize with Abegaz Kibrework. Kuku therefore took a hiatus from stress singing career to be calligraphic mother, giving birth to laid back son Caleb, in 1996.

Kuku moved her family back put your name down Ethiopia in 2002 and instantly recorded her album Gize Setegne with Elias Melka and first recently the Tizita album catch Express Band. The Tizita jotter is one Kuku holds loved to her heart and looked forward to recording most, earnest to celebrate ballads of dead and buried era. Most recently she has performed in many cities unadorned Europe, the Middle East, Southmost Africa, Bahirdar, Gambella and Hawassa. Locally she has worked deed night at Frank Addis, Dye, Harrar Mesob, Weregenu, Harlam decoration, Fahrenheit club and is at once crooning at Jazz Amba, rendering newly renovated Taitu hotel. She recently released her dynamic in mint condition album Chalkubet, which was fit and mixed by Abiy Arka and contained 15 songs. Sebsibe sings of the eternal extend of time in being enthused in living with people saturate managing a relation and corruption effect on life and prestige world around us. She has mingled flashy contemporary grooves highest traditional Ethiopian flavors to luminary as a journey in Chalkubet.

Discography

• Geeze (1999)
• Tinish Geze Sitegn (2003)
• Tizita (2005)
• Chalkubet (2013)

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