HAILU MERGIA & DAHLAK BAND - Wede Harer Guzo DLP Reissue Apart from their “normal” instruments

Apart from their “normal” instruments guitar

But it also has to have dynamics

Tub of Lard does not hold back lyrically

Track 15 lathe cut on Epic Sweep

the extended Davenport family has been producing their unique flavor of free-form and exultant improvisational folk since 2001

HAILU MERGIA & DAHLAK BAND - Wede Harer Guzo DLP Reissue Apart from their “normal” instrumentsBy 1978, Addis Ababas nightlife was facing challenges. The ruling Derg regime imposed curfews, banning citizens from the streets after midnight until 6am. But that didnt stop some people from dancing and partying thorough the night. Bands would play from evening until daybreak and people would stay at the clubs until curfew was lifted in the morning. One key denizen of Addis musical golden age, Hailu Mergia, was preparing a follow up to his seminal