Muluken Melesse

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Muluken Melesse (

Muluken was supposedly repeatedly approached to return to his secular music roots but his refusal remained steadfast. Late in life he had some interviews where he decried having been misquoted by magazine editors in Ethiopia. He came out on EBS TV to set the record straight.

Muluken was married and resided in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. He ministered by traveling all over the world. Famous songs by Melesse include "Menew Kerefede", "Yeregeme Lebe", "Lebo Ney", "Kumetish Loga New", "Wedijesh Nebere" and "Tenesh Kelbe Lay". His song "Nanu Nanu Ney" was an old favorite.

One of Muluken's qualities as a musician was to work on the lyrics given to him by the songwriters. He never took every word as it was presented to him. He changed a lot of the writing to suit his style, sometimes to the point that he seemed to have co-written the music. He was lucky that most of the writers understood him to consent to his whims. Tesfaye Lemessa and Alemtsehay Wodajo are among the most celebrated song writers whose work he performed.

Melesse died on 9 April 2024, at the age of 70.^[2]

References

Sources

• GeoCities Article on Melesse at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009), retrieved on March 10, 2012
• Melesse information page retrieved on March
• Fan site 'Music' page:
  • nanu nanu ney
  • agerwa wasa megena
  • lakilgn
  • sewnetwa
  • yelbe endiders