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Debo Band
12+ albums
jazzfunkethiopianWorld Musicjazz-funk
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Debo Band is a 12-piece Ethio-groove collective that has quickly earned an ever-growing and enthusiastic following in the loft spaces, neighborhood bars, and church basements of Boston, MA (USA) performing for American, and Ethiopian and Eritrean communities. Since 2006, Debo Band has been immersed in the unlikely confluence of traditional East African polyrhythms and pentatonic scales, classic American soul and funk music, and the instrumentation of Eastern European brass bands, which produced a unique form of dance music that Ethiopian audiences instantly recognize as the soundtrack of their youth, carried from party to kitchen on the ubiquitous cassette tapes of the time. And increasingly, erudite American and European audiences are also getting hip to the Ethiopian groove, largely through CD reissues of Ethiopian classics on the Ethiopiques series. With a unique instrumentation – including horns, strings, and accordion – that is a nod to the big bands of Haile Selassie’s time, Debo Band is carrying the torch of classic Ethiopian music by giving new life to these old sounds. Their lead vocalist, Bruck Tesfaye, has the kind of pipes that reverberate with the sound of beloved Ethiopian vocalists like Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemayehu Eshete. But Debo Band is not content simply “covering” the older styles – they also perform original compositions and new arrangements of songs from modern and contemporary artists such as Teddy Afro and Roha Band. Their expansive repertoire and s
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Debo Band
Ere Gobez
101 Things to Do In Bongolia
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SXSW 2011 Showcasing Artists
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For Whom the Cowbell Tolls
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SUB POP Terminal Sales Vol. 5: Mixed Nuts
Loss Opportunity: The 2012 Sub Pop Records Sampler
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SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artists
Flamingoh (Pink Bird Dawn)
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Ethiopian Music Collection 2013 Vol.2 - 50 Mp3 Songs
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Beyond Addis: Contemporary Jazz & Funk Inspired By Ethiopian Sounds from the 70's
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Flamingoh (Pink Bird Dawn) EP - mastered