Ethio-Jazz Legend Hailu Mergia Announces New Album Yene Mircha , Shares New Song: Listen

Noah Yoo
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Ethio-jazz legend Hailu Mergia has announced a new album. It’s called Yene Mircha and it arrives March 27 via Awesome Tapes From Africa. Check out his new song “Abichu Nega Nega” below.

Yene Mircha—which translates to “My Choice” in Amharic—marks the first album from Hailu Mergia since his 2018 comeback album Lala Belu. It sees him reunite with his '70s bandmate Moges Habte on saxophone, in addition to vocalist Tsehay Kassa and mesenqo player Setegn Atenaw.

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Yene Mircha:

01 Semen Ena Debub
02 Yene Mircha
03 Bayne Lay Yihedal
04 Abichu Nega Nega
05 Yene Abeba
06 Shemendefer

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