Above: Sheba Sahlemariam will perform at Joe’s Pub in New
York City on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 11:30 PM. The
after party will be held at Taj.
Tadias Events News
Source: Joe’s Pub
Door Price: $15
A refugee from the majestic war-torn land of Ethiopia, Sheba Sahlemariam was reared among the concrete jungles of New York City, Europe, the Caribbean and Africa. Named after the Queen of Sheba, famed empress of Ethiopia, to whom her family traces direct ancestry – Sheba Sahlemariam is a cousin to Emperor Haile Selassie – which highlights the serendipitous circumstances that moved her family from Ethiopia to Guyana, where she spent her early childhood and later, Jamaica, which deepened her connection to Reggae and Dancehall, the glue to her global and urban sound. Sheba stirs up a unique musical brew that is a mélange of Reggae grooves, Afro-beat, Ethiopian traditional music and jazz, R&B riffs, 16 bar rhymes, and Dancehall Sing-Jaying –souvenirs from her nomadic life.
Sheba’s gorgeous four octave range, soul stirring, provocative lyrics and fierce ability to dial up a diversity of musical styles puts her at the razor’s edge and will expel you from preconceived definitions of urban, pop and world music.
Watch: “Love This Lifetime” by Sheba Sahlemariam
As early as the age of four, she was singing and making up songs, but it wasn’t until a random meeting in Brooklyn, when Sheba forged a musical partnership with Tommy “Madfly” Faragher, that she finally begin to chip away at her lifelong dream to write and record music. Together they began to collaborate on what would be the basis for her first album: The Lion of Sheba. Songs from the forthcoming album are for real music lovers: big vocals, powerful songwriting and beats that challenge your boundaries. The wait is over. You may not be able to get to Ethiopia, but The Lion of Sheba will bring Ethiopia home to you. The Lioness, Sheba…soon come.
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OH WOW How could she be a cousin to the emperor, Ras Mekonen had no brother and if she is the daughter of Ras Mekonen’s brother or sister to be the Emperor Haile Selassie’s cousin, she should probably be in her nine decades of life and not a young girl.I guess Royal descendants need to give us clarification. She is pretty and if this is a way of impressing Jamiacans who believe Haile Selassie is God, I LOL.
Wow, Sheba…beautiful voice. I know you’re going far. See you tonight my sister!
Peace
You have come this far Sheba in living your great dream as a singer, songwriter and producer of lovely music with a profound message to the whole wide world. My God bless you and may your dreams come true.
A great fan.