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Ādīs Ābeba, Ethiopia (1941 – present)

Mahmoud Ahmed (Amharic: መሀሙድ አህመድ) (born May 8, 1941) is an Ethiopian singer of Gurage ancestry. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Mahmoud shined shoes in that city before becoming a handyman at the Arizona Club, where he first sang professionally in the early 1960s. He sang for the Imperial Body Guard Band until 1974, and recorded with other bands for the Amha and Kaifa record labels throughout the 1970s. He opened his own music store in Addis Ababa’s Piazza district during the 1980s while he continued his singing career.

In addition to the Imperial Body Guard Band, Mahmoud has sung with the Ibex Band, the Venus Band, the Walias Band, the Idan Raichel Project, and the Roha Band over the course of his career. Since the late 1990s he has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in Europe and the Americas since Buda Musique launced the Ethiopiques series on compact disc, leading to new recordings and tours in Europe and the United States with Boston’s Either/Orchestra
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  • constellator

    መሀሙድ አህመድ

    August 2011

  • catholicbird

    My mom used to work at the hotel which had the nightclub where he sang. The drunk generals of the Durg used to force him to sing for them for hours. Mahmoud Ahmed is officially a badass.

    May 2011

  • Takademi47

    Erè Mèla Mèla!

    December 2010

  • Malforro

    You are cool, Ahmed!!!!

    June 2010

  • insomniacme

    sweet. old picture contrasted too much from his music

    May 2010

  • emilybev

    Ere MELA!

    December 2009

  • wppss

    kind of like a trance jackass

    December 2009

  • uddiyana

    this man rocks

    May 2009
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