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Fendika Dancers Returning to U.S. for Solo East Coast Tour

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Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff | Events News

Published: Thursday, September 27, 2012

New York (TADIAS) – Addis Ababa-based musical troupe, Fendika, will return to New York City to launch their first solo U.S. tour at Joe’s Pub on Tuesday, October 2nd. The six-member group consists of two traditional dancers, Melaku Belay and Zenash Tsegaye, krar player Seleshe Damassae, drummer Misale Legesse, masinko player Endris Hassen, and singer Nardos Tesfaw.

While their music relies heavily on the azmari tradition Fendika also gives us a wonderful taste of the diversity of the nation through dance renditions from various cultural groups across Ethiopia.

Last August, Melaku, the group leader and owner of club Fendika in Addis Ababa, was hailed by Alistair Macaulay of The New York Times as “a happily superlative artist” after Fendika’s exhilarating performance at the annual Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival.

Founded by Melaku in 2009 Fendika has since collaboratively worked with both Ethiopian-based groups such as Addis Acoustic Project as well as internationally with Ethio-inspired groups including Debo Band, Akalé Wubé, Ukandanz, and The Ex. Fendika performed at the 35th International Sacred Music Festival as well as the Lowell Folk Festival.

Following their recent tour in Spain, Fendika will be performing in several U.S. cities including Hartford, CT, Boston, MA, Washington D.C., and Smithfield, RI following their opening tour in NYC next week.
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If You Go:
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette Street, NY, NY 10003
Fendika
7:30pm
Entrance: $18
Click here to purchase advanced tickets.

Events, Featured

Sheba Sahlemariam Live at Joe’s Pub

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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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