Hailu Mergia Dahlak Band Wede Harer Guzo

LP, TAPE, CD, Digital: Hailu Mergia Dahlak Bands Wede Harer Guzo is the third release on Awesome Tapes From Africa for Ethiopian keyboard and accordion maestro. In the years since Shemonmuanaye, Mergia has revamped his touring career, playing festivals and clubs worldwide, including a recent tour supporting Beirut. By 1978, Addis Ababas nightlife was facing challenges. The ruling Derg regime imposed curfews, banning citizens from the streets after midnight until 6:00 am. But that didnt stop some people from dancing and partying through the night. Bands would play from evening until daybreak and people would stay at the clubs until curfew was lifted in the morning. One key denizen of Addis musical golden age, Hailu Mergia, was preparing a followup to his seminal Tche Belew LP with the famed Walias Band. It was the bands only fulllength record and it had been a success. But his Hilton house band colleagues were a bit tied up recording c