{"id":42161,"date":"2018-11-08T13:34:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T11:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/awesome-tapes-from-africa-releasing-classic-album-from-ethiopian-icon-asnakech-worku\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:36:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:36:58","slug":"awesome-tapes-from-africa-releasing-classic-album-from-ethiopian-icon-asnakech-worku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/awesome-tapes-from-africa-releasing-classic-album-from-ethiopian-icon-asnakech-worku\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Tapes From Africa releasing classic album from Ethiopian icon Asnakech Worku"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-heading page-heading-breadcrumbs clearfix pam-featured-content\" >\n<div class=\"container pam-featured-content\" >\n<div class=\"heading-text pam-featured-content\" >\n<p class=\"entry-title pam-featured-content\" ><span class=\"pam-featured-content\"  style=\"color: #333333;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17899 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1124\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku.jpg 1124w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-759x541.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-1010x720.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-661x471.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-465x331.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-375x267.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-page-wrap has-right-sidebar has-one-sidebar row clearfix\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333333;\">An album made with veteran Hailu Mergia.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This week, <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/awesome-tapes-from-africa\/\">Awesome Tapes From Africa<\/a>\u00a0reissues\u00a0<em>Asnakech,\u00a0<\/em>a famous album from musician, dancer and actress\u00a0Asnakech Worku.\u00a0This recording is a nearly-forgotten artifact of the remarkable icon\u2019s singular legacy, remastered and available outside Ethiopia for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">From her beginnings as Ethiopia\u2019s first theater actress in 1952 to her acclaimed film appearances to her days as a club owner-turned-master musician, Asnakech\u2019s inimitable confidence and charm made her a household name. She earned endless accolades across the artistic spectrum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1428360488\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asnakechworku.bandcamp.com\/album\/asnakech\">Asnakech by Asnakech Worku<\/a><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In 1975, keyboardist and bandleader Hailu Mergia got a call from the owner of Misratch Music Shop to do a recording with Asnakech and he went for it. The record provides a rare glimpse into Mergia\u2019s work as a arranger-sideman in the Addis Ababa music scene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Earlier this year, Hailu Mergia released <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/hailu-mergia-taxi-to-ethio-jazz\/\">a fantastic new album<\/a> on Awesome Tapes From Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Pre-order\u00a0<em>Asnakech<\/em>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/asnakechworku.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0ahead of its 16th November release, and check out the track list below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Tracklist<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1. Jinyew<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">2. Tche Belew<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">3. Awkew Beneber<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">4. Bayne Lay Yidal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">5. Mingizem Yene New<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">6. Tew Begize Giba<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">7. Sak Bleh Askegn<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">8. Abyotegnaw Jegna<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">9. Kand Yerega Deg New<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">10. Mech Alkugn Lela Sew<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/hailu-mergia-taxi-to-ethio-jazz\/\">Hailu Mergia: Taxi to Ethio-Jazz<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17901\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-2-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-2-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-2-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-2-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-2-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Asnakech-Worku-2-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An album made with veteran Hailu Mergia. This week, Awesome Tapes From Africa\u00a0reissues\u00a0Asnakech,\u00a0a famous album from musician, dancer and actress\u00a0Asnakech Worku.\u00a0This recording is a nearly-forgotten artifact of the remarkable icon\u2019s singular legacy, remastered and available [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":17899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[4282,5386],"location":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42161"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=42161"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=42161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}