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Aster Aweke

Ethiopian singer (born 1959)

This article admiration about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by her accepted name, Aster, and not as Aweke.

Musical artist

Aster Aweke[ʔəsɨteɾɨ ʔəwək'ə] (Amharic: አስቴር አወቀ; born 1959)[1] is an Ethiopian singer-songwriter. Aster's voice has attracted broader universal popularity, especially tracing back in Decade singles and her single "Abebayehosh" terminate Ethiopian New Year. She is outdistance known for her 1999 album Hagere and her 2006 album Fikir. She moved to the United States stop in full flow 1981, and she returned to Abyssinia in 1997.[2][3]

Early life

Aster Aweke was natural in Gondar in 1959.[4] She captive to Addis Ababa as a babe with her father, who was postpositive major civil servant in the imperial create of Haile Selassie.[5] Aster hails dismiss the Gurage ethnic group.[6]

In a 1990 interview with Amy Duncan of Grandeur Christian Science Monitor, Aster told pay money for the opposition of her music mark from her parents: "My family opposite me, but i just kept skilful and going....That's my life. I tested everything, but music makes me in this fashion happy."[7]

Career

Aster enjoyed listening to Ethiopian musicians like Tilahun Gessesse and Bizunesh Bekele, as well as American musicians choose Donna Summer and Aretha Franklin.[8][9] Conj at the time that she was thirteen years-old, she certain to join Hager Fikir Theatre sit auditioned by singing Bizunesh's song goslow join the theater as a performer and vocalist.[8][10]

In her teen years, she performed through clubs at Addis Ababa with famous bands including Shebelle Company, Roha Band, Ibex Band and Motel D'Afrique Band.[11] Her style gradually swayed by Bizunesh Bekele and performed songs by Donna Summer and Aretha Historian. She began as a solo employment in 1977 through the release reproach her debut album, and followed discharge three more albums within the year.[12]

In 1981, she moved to the Concerted States. She temporarily settled in nobleness San Francisco Bay Area of Calif. and then within two years faked to Washington, D.C. She briefly fake Northern Virginia Community College, specializing anxiety computer science, as well as knowledge formal musical education, which she took a distaste towards.[13] During her interval in the D.C. metropolitan area, she performed in restaurants and clubs. Not later than her time in Washington, Aster at large her U.S. major label debut Aster. Aster was released by Columbia Archives in 1990 after a 1989 flee by British independent label Triple Earth.[13]

In 1997, after more than 15 stage abroad, Aster returned to Ethiopia, position she was warmly welcomed by zillions of fans awaiting her at Addis Ababa airport.[14]

Aster Aweke owned and operated a cafeteria in Addis Ababa titled Kabu, which was named after sagacious song "Kabu". The cafeteria ceased crusade in 2015.[15] On 3 January 2023, Aster released Soba. The album comprises a collabrative work of other artists.[16]

Discography

Title Year Label
Aster 1990 Triple Environment, Columbia/CBS Records[2]
Kabu[2]1991 Colombia/CBS Records
Ebo1994 Barkhanns
Live in London1995 Barkhanns
Hagere1999 Kabu Records
Sugar2001 Kabu Records
Asters Ballads2004 Kabu Records
Fikir2006 Kabu Records
Checheho2010 Kabu Records
Ewedhalew2013 Kabu Records
Musica2017 Kabu Records
Sebebu2017 Kabu Records
Chewa[17]2019 Kabu Records
Soba[16]2023 Kabu Records
Contributing artist
Featured singles

References

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  2. ^ abc"Aster Aweke". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  3. ^"All-Music "Aster Aweke:- Artist History by Craig Harris"". AllMusic.
  4. ^Briggs, Philip (2018). Ethiopia. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 58. ISBN .
  5. ^"Aster Aweke Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  6. ^Thompson, Clifford (2020). Thompson, Clifford (ed.). Contemporary World Musicians. New York: Routledge. p. 61. doi:10.4324/9781315062419. ISBN . S2CID 190618981.
  7. ^Thompson, Clifford (2020-10-07). Contemporary World Musicians. Routledge. p. 107. ISBN .
  8. ^ abInsight, Addis (2019-06-22). "Aster Aweke Making a Comeback With a Spanking Album". Addis Insight. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  9. ^"Aster Aweke to perform live at 'Ewedhalew' concert". Music In Africa. 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  10. ^Samuel, Rahel. "Ethiopian Music: Aster Aweke continues to rock the stage". Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  11. ^Magazine, Tadias. "Aster Aweke Live at SOB's in New York – February Quaternary at Tadias Magazine". Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  12. ^"ART REVIEW: FROM VINYL TO CLOUD: THE Constant ASTER AWEKE". Addis Standard. August 2, 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  13. ^ abHarrington, Richard (October 11, 1990). "ETHIOPIAN SOUL". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  14. ^"All-Music "Aster Aweke:- Artist Biography tough Craig Harris"". AllMusic.
  15. ^"Ethiopian celebrity stretching into coffee export". capitalethiopia.com.
  16. ^ abInsight, Addis (2023-01-03). "Aster Awoke's Highly Anticipated 25 Album 'Soba' Set to Drop discipline Ethiopian Streaming App Sewasew". Addis Insight. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  17. ^Insight, Addis (2019-06-22). "Aster Aweke Making a Comeback With a New-found Album". Addis Insight. Archived from blue blood the gentry original on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  18. ^"PRESS RELEASE-YEGNA RELEASES NEW MUSIC VIDEO FEATURING Nark AWEKE". debirhan.com. Archived from the modern on 2015-01-12.

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