Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru

Amazing second LP compendium of Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru’s early solo piano works, recorded throughout the 1960s... some of the most moving piano music you will ever hear.

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru is a true original – her compositions and unique playing style live somewhere between Erik Satie, Debussy, liturgical music of the Coptic Ethiopian Church, and Ethiopian traditional music. These original compositions, performed by Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru herself on solo piano, were originally self-released in Germany in small editions as fundraisers for orphanages, support organisations for widows of war victims, and other philanthropic causes. Mississippi records produced this album in collaboration with the Emahoy Tsege Mariam Music Publisher and Foundation, and to assist in continuing her life-long mission of using music as a vessel to care for those who have been abandoned by society, or harmed by strife.

Black vinyl LP comes in black inner-sleeves and heavy card stock jacket with colour printing and gold-foil stamping, and song notes by the composer herself. Restored and remastered by Timothy Stollenwerk.