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Mahmoud Ahmed
voc, *1941 ET, Ādīs Ābeba
Singer / Musician of World, Folk and Jazz
A.k.a. መሀሙድ አህመድ
Ethiopian vocalist of Gurage descent born May 8, 1941 in the Mercato district of Addis Ababa. First began singing professionally in the early 1960s at the Arizona Club: a semi-legal establishment in Addis Ababa where he worked in maintenance. Though his singing career flourished after Emperor Haile Selassie I. began to ease restrictions on music production, he and his fellow musicians were forced back underground domestically after the Derg coup in 1974 (which eventually resulted in forced dethroning of the Emperor and imprisonment of the imperial family). He continued to play to foreigners, and travelled internationally extensively in the 1980s. He is now a widely-recognized musician at home and abroad, winning the BBC World Music Award in 2007.
Genres
Plays With
| Imperial Body Guard Band |
| Badume's Band |
Popular Tracks 
Tezeta on Ethiopiques, Vol. 7: Erè mèla mèla 1975-1978 by Mahmoud Ahmed Engedaye Nesh on The Best Of... Tizita Vol. 1 by Mahmoud Ahmed Yeshi Haregitu on The Best Of... Tizita Vol. 1 by Mahmoud Ahmed Erè mèla mèla on Ethiopiques, Vol. 7: Erè mèla mèla 1975-1978 by Mahmoud Ahmed Enqu messay on Ethiopiques, Vol. 26: Mahmoud Ahmed 1972-1974 by Mahmoud Ahmed Aynotché tèrabu on Ethiopiques, Vol. 1: Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music 1969-1975 by Various Artists Adera on Single Collections by Gossaye Tesfaye Yèshèga Lidj Nègèr on Live In Paris by Mahmoud Ahmed Atawurulegn lela on Ethiopiques, Vol. 7: Erè mèla mèla 1975-1978 by Mahmoud Ahmed Dèra on Live In Paris by Mahmoud AhmedTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aynotché Tèrabu / Mètch Ené Terf Fèlèghu | Mahmoud Ahmed / Seyoum Gebreyes & Wallias Band | 2016 | Single |
| Tchero Adari Negn / Bemen Sebeb Letlash | Alemayehu Eshete / Mahmoud Ahmed | 2015 | Single |
| Éthiopiques 26: Mahmoud Ahmed & The Imperial Bodyguard Band (1972-74) | Mahmoud Ahmed & The Imperial Body Guard Band | 2010 | Compil. |
| Ethiopiques Live ! | Mahmoud Ahmed, Alemayehu Eshete & Badume's Band | 2010 | Album |
| Ethiogroove | Mahmoud Ahmed & Either/Orchestra | 2007 | Single |
| Tizita (Volume 2) | Mahmoud Ahmed | 2003 | Compil. |
| Yitbarek | Mahmoud Ahmed | 2003 | Album |
| Tizita (Volume 1) | Mahmoud Ahmed | 2003 | Compil. |
| Hulum Ysima | Mahmoud Ahmed | 2000 | Album |
| Slow Collections | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1998 | Album |
| Soul Of Addis | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1997 | Album |
| Live In Paris | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1997 | Album |
| Jeguol Naw Betwa | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1978 | Album |
| Atawurulign Lela | Mahmoud Ahmed With The Ibex Band | 1975 | Single |
| Ere Mela Mela | Mahmoud Ahmed with the Ibex Band | 1975 | Single |
| Sidetegnash Negn | Mahmoud Ahmed with the Ibex Band | 1975 | Single |
| Gizie Degu Neger / Yieker Memekatish | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1975 | Single |
| Mar Teb Yilal Kafesh / Aynoche Terabu | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1975 | Single |
| Ney Denun Tesesh / Belaya Belaya | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1975 | Single |
| Selam Almazeye / Lomiwen Tekebeletch | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1975 | Single |
| Tezeta | Mahmoud Ahmed with the Ibex Band | 1975 | Single |
| Ere Mela Mela | Mahmoud Ahmed With Ibex Band | 1975 | Album |
| Asheweyna | Mahmoud Ahmed with the Ibex Band | 1975 | Single |
| Mahmoud Ahmed | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1974 | Album |
| Inku Messay / Tchila Atibey | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1974 | Single |
| Ney Denun Tesesh / Wogenie | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1974 | Single |
| Alem Alem / Indet Lilefew | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1974 | Single |
| Gubelye / Anchie Enen Wudegigne | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1974 | Single |
| Gebtout Yehon Fikren / Antchin Kalkhu | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1974 | Single |
| Befikir Atkeligi / Yefikir Wuha Temu | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1974 | Single |
| Yalem Baytewarnegn / Tidar Lenurachen | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1974 | Single |
| Etu Gela / Alemye | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1974 | Single |
| Ambasel / Mela Mela | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1973 | Single |
| Kulum / Fikir Endegena | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1973 | Single |
| Mahmoud Ahmed | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1973 | Album |
| Wubetuan Alisma / Kantchi Gar Kalhone | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1973 | Single |
| Ebo Lala / Esset Mera | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1972 | Single |
| Fikir Bezebezegn / Hulum Begizew New | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1972 | Single |
| Yeshiharegitu | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1972 | Single |
| Mella Tistegn / Tizita | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1972 | Single |
| Nafkot Naw Yegodagne / Yasdestal | Mahmoud Ahmed | 1971 | Single |
| ይትባረክ | Mahmoud Ahmed | Album | |
| Amsalu / Teteratershe Ende | Tilahun Gessesse / Mahmoud Ahmed | Single | |
| እሱማ ፍቅር ነጡ / ጠጣት ሳሰሁ ገፍ | Mahmoud Ahmed / Bezunesh Bekele | Single |
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