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EthiopiaCountry Profile:
Abyssinia on Etymonline:
The Native Races of Abyssinia:
Meaning & Derivation Of The Name Ethiopia:
When Did Abyssinia Become Ethiopia?:
When Did Abyssinia Become Ethiopia?:
King Evan of Aksum:
How King Evan of Axum made Ethiopia a Christian Nation:
A Short History Of The Ethiopian Empire:
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Xalatal-Kenny Allen-Episode V
Many Ethiopian Musicians travel to the US from Ethiopia to live and work. But how many Americans dream of Ethiopia as a place to live and practice their art? Kenny Allen released three CDs in the United States before coming to Addis to live. He formed a production company in 2006 and can be seen every Friday night performing for a dense and diverse crowd and Harlem Jazz.
American Musician, Kenny Allen Finds Home, Inspiration in Ethiopia
Kenny Allen, who recently collaborated with Ethiopian singer Jonny Ragga, performed in front of more than 200 spectators on July 15, 2009, at the Sheraton Addis Gas Light in a concert to launch his album, entitled The 251.
The concert took nearly two hours. Artist K'Alyn, a.k.a. 'K', is an American musician who has lived in Ethiopia for the last three and half years. His initial objective was performing with the Mehari Brothers, a band of four celebrities. Now performing at a night club on African Avenue, close to the Bole Ring Road Roundabout in Addis Ababa, called Harlem Jazz, Kenny tells Fortune he was satisfied with the concert and that he felt the performance had gone exactly how he had imagined it. He started working on his album entitled The 251, named after the country code for Ethiopia, before he came to the country.
Kenny Allen, who recently collaborated with Ethiopian singer Jonny Ragga, performed in front of more than 200 spectators on July 15, 2009, at the Sheraton Addis Gas Light in a concert to launch his album, entitled The 251.
The concert took nearly two hours. Artist K'Alyn, a.k.a. 'K', is an American musician who has lived in Ethiopia for the last three and half years. His initial objective was performing with the Mehari Brothers, a band of four celebrities. Now performing at a night club on African Avenue, close to the Bole Ring Road Roundabout in Addis Ababa, called Harlem Jazz, Kenny tells Fortune he was satisfied with the concert and that he felt the performance had gone exactly how he had imagined it. He started working on his album entitled The 251, named after the country code for Ethiopia, before he came to the country.
During the concert, the night club was jam-packed with people as disco-lights and cigarette smoke gave the place pungency. Some sitting downstairs, some crowding over the area-bar balcony and some standing around with drinks were still attentive to Kenny's performance.
I could never have predicted the feelings I get from the energy of the people. It was so receptive and supportive, it made my task of sharing my hard work enjoyable, Kenny Allen said in statements he made to Fortune after the concert.
There are 13 songs on the new album and only one song is a cover, Mahmoud Ahmed's song Guragigna.
This song speaks to me musically and melodically, and I think because I eat so much Kitfo, I am drawn to Guragigna music, he said. Prepared by the Gurage people, Kitfo is a dish of the choicest beef, ground to a fine texture and kneaded with spices.
'K' first video from his new CD is Ethiopia, Watch Over Me, directed by Aida Muluneh, a film-maker and photographer and also edited by Zeleman Productions.
Prior to this album, K had released three CDs in the United States. He now plans to re-release all the songs from his CDs arranged, produced and mixed in The 251.
'K' finds living in Addis delightful. He believes that Ethiopia and Africa as a whole have influenced him greatly in the production of this album.
Kenny Allen's music draws on elements of folk and funk from musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and Sting.
He has also produced an album by Sydney Salmon, an Ethiopian-based Jamaican reggae singer who lives in Shashemane. He also contributed to a, soon to be released, song from Tsedania.
Most of the works I've done with other artists here in Addis include the themes I have been involved with as a producer he explained.
Kenny Allen currently does production for his fledgling company, East African Recording Company (EARCO) which was founded in Addis Abeba in 2006.
The new CD will be available at Harlem Jazz and at all his upcoming shows. He also plans a future Ethiopian tour this September and October.
By HILINA ALEMU
FORTUNE STAFF WRITER