• Awalom Gebremariam – Desdes
    • Awalom Gebremariam – Tehhelo
    • Awalom Gebremariam – Teumat Chena
    • Awalom Gebremariam – Aadu
    • Awalom Gebremariam – Eritrea
    • Awalom Gebremariam – Salel
    • Awalom Gebremariam – Segamaye
    • Awalom Gebremariam – Malegaanya
    • Awalom Gebremariam – Gwaal Haagaraye
    • Awalom Gebremariam – Showite Sigem
    • 1. Desdes
    • 2. Tehhelo
    • 3. Teumat Chena
    • 4. Aadu
    • 5. Eritrea
    • 6. Salel
    • 7. Segamaye
    • 8. Malegaanya
    • 9. Gwaal Haagaraye
    • 10. Showite Sigem

    Awesome Tapes From Africa issues a cassette by an Eritrean artist called Awalom Gebremariam. 'Desdes' is a take on Bahlawi music, an Eritrean Tigrinya-language music style, made before But before he left his hometown, the Eritrean capital, Asmara. This beautifully entrancing release remains the artist's only recording. 

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