Eténèsh Wassié

Eténèsh Wassié (born 1971) is an Ethiopian jazz singer, renowned for her collaborative approach to music and performance.

Eténèsh Wassié
Background information
Born1971 (age 51–52)
Gondar, Ethiopia
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Singer
LabelsBuda Musique
Websiteeteneshwassie.wixsite.com/eteneshmusic

Biography

Wassié was born in 1971 in Gondar to an Ethiopian Orthodox family.[1] She began performing in the 1990s in Addis Ababa in azmaribèt - a crossover between cabaret and the Azmari vocal tradition.[1] She is renowned for singing in Amharic and is a leading blues singer in Addis Ababa where she lives.[2]

In 2007 Wassié began a collaboration with Mathieu Sourisseau, which fused together her knowledge of traditional music and his jazz guitar,[3] known as Ethio-jazz.[4] She performed at Seine-Saint Denis Festival in 2018, celebrating twenty years of 'Éthiopiques'.[5][6]

Discography
  • Zeraf! (2007, album with Le Tigre des Plantanes)[7]
  • Belo Belo (2010, album with Mathieu Sourisseau)[8]
  • Yene Alem (2018, album with Mathieu Sourisseau)[9]
  • Hagir Fikir (2020, single with Ozferti)[10]

References
  1. "Duo Etenesh Wassie et Mathieu Sourisseau".
  2. The rough guide to world music. Broughton, Simon,, Ellingham, Mark,, Lusk, Jon,, Clark, Duncan (Duncan Antony) (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. 2006. p. 114. ISBN 1-84353-551-3. OCLC 76761811.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "Etenesh Wassie Trio - (Ethiopia/France) - WOMEX". www.womex.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  4. "Etenesh Wassie". www.rebelbase.be. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  5. à 15h22, Par Annabelle MartellaLe 16 mars 2018 (2018-03-16). "Seine-Saint-Denis : le festival Banlieues Bleues, c'est parti !". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  6. "20 ans d'Éthiopiques, le groove d'Addis-Abeba". RFI Musique (in French). 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  7. "Le Tigre des Platanes fait ses griffes à Africolor". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  8. "Belo Belo - Buda Musique". www.budamusique.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  9. "Yene Alem - Buda Musique". www.budamusique.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  10. "Masked beatmaker Ozferti creates his own trip in 'Hagir Fikir'". PAM - Pan African Music. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
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