Credits:

Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Guebrou

Description:

An Ethiopian nun pianist with a post-classical/ambient sensibility conveys spirituality through piano, organ, and harmonium!This album contains all the recordings from “Church of Kidane Mehret,” a private pressing of a record by an Ethiopian nun pianist, Emahoui Tsegaye Mariam Gobleu, who also has a post-classical/ambient sensibility, as well as two previously unreleased tracks. The album contains all the material from “Church of Kidane Mehret”, a record that Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gobru left behind in a private press in 1972, and two previously unreleased songs.Church of Kidane Mehret” can be simply described as an Emahoui interpretation of Ethiopian Orthodox music. Recorded in churches throughout Jerusalem, the record is groundbreaking in that it features Emahoi’s direct involvement with the Ethiopian Orthodox liturgy, not only on the piano, which is a moving experience, but als