Pre-millennium
Roots Rock Reggae bash to stage in Adama
By Alemayehu Seife Selassie
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – the town of Adama/Nazereth (116
kilometers form Addis Ababa) is going to entertain international
and local artists from Jamaica, England, New York and Washington
and Shashemene next week Saturday September 8th.
“This is a Rastafarian production with an Ethiopian hospitality.
This root rock reggae is aimed to bring entertainment for the
locals and people who come from abroad looking for a down to earth
outlook and view of Ethiopia”, Sydney Solomon one of the
performing artist and co-organizer of the event stated. The show
that is aimed to be a getaway from the hustle and bustle of events
in Addis Ababa is the third one of its kind to take place at the
Safari Lodge.
The dance hall and hip hop mix artist Ragga Lox, singer and songwriter
Sangie Davis that has written songs for many artists including
Bob Marley’s song “Wakeup and Live” and “Rastaman
Vibration” is also the other international artist that will
be performing. Sydney Solomon will be playing two of his new singles
on the event and Sangie Davis will also be promoting his new album.
The long-standing dancehall artist from Jamaica King Kong is another
international performer for the night. This artist is famous for
his performance in Europe but currently has returned to his home
in Shashemene.
The Kenyan Necessary Noize is a group, which have made their presence
felt at the Safari Lodge last year. And this year each member
of the group have pursued with their individual performance. And
Sydney said, “Nazizi has exploded and she is a Rastafarian
at heart so she is here and she wants to participate.”
Artists that have been overlooked in Ethiopia are also said to
take part in the event. In this regard the Yared Music School
distinction graduate Netsanet will be playing. “She plays
the Kirar, the Masenko, and keyboard, she sings both English and
Amharic Tizita Minor and everything so she is our secret weapon”,
Sydney explains. The US artist that has been entertaining the
Addis crowd at Harlem Jazz K. Alyn is going to be playing with
us intertwining in different songs.
“This is the continuation of what we have formed with Sydney
in 2005 where we have had artists like Rita Marley”, manager
of the Safari Lodge Lela stated.
Sydney on his part added that, “This is a annual thing and
we hope to make it even broader and we have been trying to make
Africa develop through music and art, and the activities have
been going for the past five years thanks to the dedication of
some advisors that we have like Dr. Desta”.
The DJs for the night are going to be DJ Flippins, a friend of
the reggae music king Bob Marley and DJ Speng a contemporary DJ.
September 1, 2007
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