V/A - Your Kisses Are Like Roses: Fado Recordings, 1914-1936 LP Magazine composer and pianist Emahoy Tsege

composer and pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru features profound and moving cassette recordings made amidst political upheaval and unrest

with Johnson's role mostly obscured for the self-titled debut album

built as a band in a fleeting window of time

arranging for Alabaster DePlume

allowing listeners to truly absorb the detail and dynamic range he displays

V/A - Your Kisses Are Like Roses: Fado Recordings, 1914-1936 LP Magazine composer and pianist Emahoy TsegeThe definition of the word 'fado' is technically 'fate', though the Portuguese meaning bound up with this term is more complex. The music itself can be fairly closely compared with that of Greek rebetika also the American blues or the original working class tango music of Argentina and Uruguay and similarly takes it's common subject matter from the various cruel realities of the world. Though perhaps what distinguishes fado in character is it's often