Born in the UK in 1950 and living in Mexico for the past 30 plus years I worked in southern Ethiopia (Awassa) in 1992 for 18 months and became familiar with Ethiopian music and in particular the Roha Band. I first heard their song Shew Beli Bileney at a local wedding. When the band - not the Roha Band unfortunately - struck up this tune the wedding guests rushed to the dance floor to join in the singing and to dance in traditional Ethiopian style dragging myself and a number of European work colleagues to the dance floor to join in. Truly an unforgetable infectious happy experience. I'm now into my early seventies and having collected music from all around the world over the years the Roha Band is still up there with my all time favourites and although I don't understand the lyrics to their songs this really doesn't matter. They bring back joyous memories in a style that can only be Ethiopian. The opening track to this album, Yetikimt Abeba, a tribute to the capital city Addis Abeba, is my personal favourite. I originally got a cassette copy of this album on a visit to Addis before I left the country. In those days it was almost impossible to buy an original cassette from a music shop instead you had to supply the shop with a blank cassette and call back 30 minutes later to collect a copy they made for you from a master cassette. A few years later I picked up a CD from the airport in Dubai which I still have along with a high fidelity MP3 copy on my computer. The MP3s get played frequently!
+608756 I liked the first song 'Yetikimt Abeba' by Neway Debebe the most. Other favs are Abeba Abeba and Kiya Kiya, both by Hamelmal Abate. I have downloaded this whole album from net.
@@albertom.6875 They released an album with all the music that influences them. Yetikimt Abeba is included in their list. I actually found them through Mamoud Ahmed and Tekle Tesfazhgi.
Selam Siyum Weldemariam (the nephew of Weldeab Weldemriam - Eritrean Patriot) we are glad to discover that you are Eritrean!!! Eritreans were the backbone of Ethiopia in many domains!!! 4 out of the 6 members of roha band.were Eritreans.
las year I was in Addis Abeba - In Mercato - I heard this music coming from a shop so I went in and bought the CD! I love the Ethiopian instrumental music !! this is great!!
Thomas Melaku thanks for your nice words and thire orgin is from ASMARA they went to adis ababa and made history in ethiopian music and for thire orgin as well for that mutter
@@kittystcherbatski67 Nice. I knew of Tinariwen before I found Khrungbin. My favorite song is Sastanàqqàm. Let's maintain this reply thread if you find something as awesome as Khrungbin, add it here , spread the joy!
+retia b what r u sayig dude? which band can u call now who is even near Roha? does our time has a band like roha? all what u listen nowadays are made in a small room with keyboard and computer. Roha's time is indeed a real golden era in Ethiopian music history.
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Born in the UK in 1950 and living in Mexico for the past 30 plus years I worked in southern Ethiopia (Awassa) in 1992 for 18 months and became familiar with Ethiopian music and in particular the Roha Band. I first heard their song Shew Beli Bileney at a local wedding. When the band - not the Roha Band unfortunately - struck up this tune the wedding guests rushed to the dance floor to join in the singing and to dance in traditional Ethiopian style dragging myself and a number of European work colleagues to the dance floor to join in. Truly an unforgetable infectious happy experience. I'm now into my early seventies and having collected music from all around the world over the years the Roha Band is still up there with my all time favourites and although I don't understand the lyrics to their songs this really doesn't matter. They bring back joyous memories in a style that can only be Ethiopian. The opening track to this album, Yetikimt Abeba, a tribute to the capital city Addis Abeba, is my personal favourite.
I originally got a cassette copy of this album on a visit to Addis before I left the country. In those days it was almost impossible to buy an original cassette from a music shop instead you had to supply the shop with a blank cassette and call back 30 minutes later to collect a copy they made for you from a master cassette. A few years later I picked up a CD from the airport in Dubai which I still have along with a high fidelity MP3 copy on my computer. The MP3s get played frequently!
Thank you for the glimpse you just gave us.
so wonderful experience and joyous moment. Glad to hear ur unforgettable experience
I would like to know you . Your comment moved me ❤.
Wow, what a wonderful experience!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Timestamps (Romanized titles)
00:00 - Yetikimt Abeba
05:16 - Abeba Abeba
10:00 - Fetieki Ile
15:20 - Maebel
22:09 - Kiya Kiya
25:58 - Ferait Weyni
29:38 - Yamral Tiletish
35:17 - Gelaye Zemede
42:14 - Shew Beli Bileney
47:39 - Ambasel - Instrumental
it's 2024 and still classic 🍀
I don't understand a single word, but just LOVE this music. Really... music is the universal language. Thanks for uploading this.
+608756 I liked the first song 'Yetikimt Abeba' by Neway Debebe the most. Other favs are Abeba Abeba and Kiya Kiya, both by Hamelmal Abate. I have downloaded this whole album from net.
Harish Save good on you my friend it is all about love you are right
If you like them, check out 'Khurangbin'.
Ethiopia my country I love you
@@sandarbhsingh1821 Whats that?
ምርጥ አልበም! በነገራችን ላይ፣ የዚህ አልበም ሙሉ ቀረጻ በአንድ ቀን የተጠናቀቀ ሥራ ነው። ያለዳግም ቀረጻ፣ በአንድ ቀን ልምምድ ብቻ የተሠራ። የሮሃ ባንድ ሙዚቀኞችን ብቃት በዚህ መለካት ይቻላል።
የሮሃ ባንድን ሙዚቃ ስሰማ መንፈሴ ሁሉ ይነቃቃል መቼም ቢሆን ሮሃን የመሰለ ባንድ የሚመጣ አይመስለኝም የልጅነት ትዝታዬ ሮሃሃሃሃሃሃሃሃሃሃሃ
Kibrealem Yalew Ewnit new wedima/ehta Ayi sent Alife selam yemtalin ETO/ER Amen 2018 🎄🎄🎄🎄🕊🕊🕊🕊 00966530975325
The beloved Roha band! Music to the ears and soul. Will forever be an admirer of Giovanni’s distinctive bass.
Khruangbin brought me here
where did they mention roha?
@@albertom.6875 I forget what interview I saw it but they definitely mention
@@albertom.6875 here: th-cam.com/video/ZpJpypO7Phs/w-d-xo.html
Thanks
@@albertom.6875 They released an album with all the music that influences them. Yetikimt Abeba is included in their list.
I actually found them through Mamoud Ahmed and Tekle Tesfazhgi.
It brings back all my childhood memories. My Dad
Selam Siyum Weldemariam (the nephew of Weldeab Weldemriam - Eritrean Patriot) we are glad to discover that you are Eritrean!!! Eritreans were the backbone of Ethiopia in many domains!!! 4 out of the 6 members of roha band.were Eritreans.
የዘረኝነት በሽታ መቼም አይለቅም ! እኛ ስለዘራቸው አላወራንም:: የምናቃቸው ሁሉን ሰብሳቤ የደጉቹ አገር ኢትዮጵያ እንደኖሩና እንደዘፈኑ ነው::
Wrong except Selam all are Ethiopian.Dawit,yared, Ashenafi,yonas,jovanni....all Ethiopian
እኔ ጀርባ አይሰበር አልልህም እኛ ምን አተን ነው እናንተ የጀርባ አጥንት የምትሆኑን 😡😡እባብ
@@mahdieth8107የሚገርመው ደግሞ ወልደኣብ ወልደማርያም ኢትዮጵያዊ መሆናቸው ነው። 😂
Do we really need petty tribalism when we have an amazing music like this?
I love you ethiopia 🇪🇹 and Eritrea 🇪🇷 ❤
በዛ ዘመን የነበርኩ ብዙ ትዝታ ያለብኝ ነው ሚመስለኝ ሁሌም ሥሰማው😂 ሁሌም አዲሥ ናቸው❤❤❤
በጣም የሚያምሩ የሙዚቃ ስብስቦች ናቸው እናትና አባቴ ሲሰሙት ነበረና ዘመን የማይሽረው በጣም ሙዚቃዎች ስለሆኑ ቢደመጡ መቼም የማይሰለቹ ዘመን የማይሽራቸው ምርጥ ስራዎች ናቸው
Roha band is the unforgotten and herotic band in our history !!
The Legendry Roha Band will always be Great for many generation,
I missed them old days I wish I can rewind time….Best time of my life no bills no worries… rip grandma n mom 🙏🏿
las year I was in Addis Abeba - In Mercato - I heard this music coming from a shop so I went in and bought the CD!
I love the Ethiopian instrumental music !!
this is great!!
+Yousif A.Eltayeb you mean the last instrumental in this video?
U herd from my shops 100% every time I lessen those roha band
they are icon for ethiopia music. there name is still in generation. and thanks for your legacy
Thomas Melaku thanks for your nice words and thire orgin is from ASMARA they went to adis ababa and made history in ethiopian music and for thire orgin as well for that mutter
I remember all these songs, when I was a child. still now I prefer those songs rather than current musics.
+tamirat Abebe tikikil bilehal ahun min zefen ale bileh new copy paste enji
Habesha Issue B
quality is always quality! !!forever!
1978 አም 3ተኛ ክፍል ትዝ አለኝ አይ ሮሃ ባንድ
1981e.c 3 kifl tiz alegn enzefnew nebere
ያልነበርኩበት ዘመን ይናፍቀኛል
I always dream to see ROHA band reunited .the best Ethiopian music band of all time
Timeless work. ❤❤❤
Thank you, ROHA band team, for this wonderful musical work. The musical composition still has a strong test flavor to hear it.
የኢትዮጽያ ሙዚቃ እሥትንፋሶች ሮሃ ባንድ ባለውለታችን
👌👌👌👌big respect to golden music time 👌👌👌
FOREVER BEST MUSIC
ወርቃማው ትዉልድ የነበረበትን ግዜ በህሊና ወደኋላ ወስዶ ያስቃኛል ። ክበሩልኝ ሀገራችንን ሰላም ያድርግልን ።
Simply the best band roha!!
The Legendry Roha Band is always Great
It is originally from ASMARA roha band
ወይ ሮሀ ባንድ የዘላለም የኢትዮጵያ ዘመናዊ ባንድ ዳዊት ይፍሩ የሰፈሬ ልጅ አንተ በተወልድክበት ሰፈር ሰው ጠፋ ወይ ጎላ
Came here after khurangbin guitar player mentioned them as one of the influences!
Me too ! Discovered Tinariwen reading the comments, sick check it out
@@kittystcherbatski67 Nice. I knew of Tinariwen before I found Khrungbin. My favorite song is Sastanàqqàm. Let's maintain this reply thread if you find something as awesome as Khrungbin, add it here , spread the joy!
Who is that?
Can you comment the link for that vidio where he mentioned them?
Roha always Best Ethiopian Band And i guess no band can replace it
indeed they are even though they are not in our time frame but do place a great mark in Ethio music
+retia b what r u sayig dude? which band can u call now who is even near Roha? does our time has a band like roha? all what u listen nowadays are made in a small room with keyboard and computer. Roha's time is indeed a real golden era in Ethiopian music history.
Daniel Fisseha no it is Eritrean band it used to belong to Tekle tesfazgi sorry google it if you like
@@davidharcot220 ወሬኛ ያደግንበት ነው ተክሌ እግዚአብሔር ነፍሱን ይማር ስለሙዚቃ እጂ ስለዘር አላስቸማረም አንተ የዘመኑ በሽተኛ መሐይም እድሜህ ይጠር
@@samsonabraha7702 ante DENKORO minabah eyalk new first see what i said
Unforgettable works of Roha Band !!!!!
roha band was one of the great band ever!!!
the legend thanks.
Congratulations ! Roha viva, always in the heart of a generation, God bless Roha !!!!
I love !! YOU TUbe so mach !!!
Roha Band, my childhood, sweet, sweet,sweet ...sweet...
this song was singed ten years after i arrived to america
Legendary band!
My favorite band of all time,🙏🏾12/1/19❤️❤️
The first band ever !!!
ምንግዜም ሮሃ ባንድ ምርጥ የሆኑ የሆነ ስራቸው ሙዚቃቸው የማይስለች እንደዛሬ ሳይሖን አድናቂያችሑ ነኝ ተመለሱ ተስባስቡና ዳግም ሮሃ ባንድ ብላችሑ ስሩ
Roha Roha Roha......LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE
Girma Amare Ayi senit Alif set zemin selam ETO/ER Amen 2018 🎄🎄🎄🎄🕊🕊🕊🕊00966530975325
Best band wow we miss you Roha band ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ ❤ ❤❤❤❤
ይህ ስራ እንዲሳካ ከጅምር ሀሳቡ እስከፍፃሜው AIT Records እና ባለቤቱ መሪ ተዋናይ እንደነበሩ በስራው ላይ ከነበሩት የሮሃ ባንድ ሰዎች አንዱ በሸገር ራድዮ በ “ዜማ ማህሌት“ ፕሮግራም ላይ ሲናገር አድምጫለሁ
thanks
ስደተኛ ነኝ Ayzon ulshinim sedtga nin wendima/hita yena ❤konjo❤00966530975325
Thanks for uploading. This is a treasure!
ምርጥ
טובה רהבה! זה טוב!
Before..... now...... after .....roha roha
Thank you so much
I love roh band ..nega ftom Germany
Thanks አብርሽ! 🙏
Anytime Faso.🤙
አንተ?
das sitilu..yagare lijochi simogagasu das yilali
binyam asrat ቢኑ! አንተ ቀጮ
@@gfasil751 I wish I stayed zis kecho...mtsm
I rather like the old one. This one is just rushing the music...lost it's beauty. I love the old version !
I like this music when ......
ዋውውውውውውውውውውውው ድንቅ 🎶🎼🎹🎺🎷
የጥቅምት አበባ ስወጣ ካሳንቺስ አንድ የጎዳና ተዳዳራ ነበር እስም ግንባት እኮ ነው የጥቅምት አበባ ከየት መጣ የል ነበር አሁን ትዝ ብሎኝ ነው አዲስ ሙዚቃ ስወጣ ካሳንቺስ ሁሉንም በቃል እንሽመድደው ነበር አቤታችን ስየገዛ በመንገድ እንጨረስው ነበር አዲስ ደግሞ የወጣ ነበር ድንቅ ነው ወደ ዋላ ስንመለስ አመስግናለሁ የሮሃ ባንድ ።
።።።...ስላም ለሁላችንም።።።
I love it
Love
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Mrt nw👌👌👌🙏🙏
The best of the best
segarm yamayeras zafan wooooooooooooooooowww
yeah really roh band I lovly
Best
a claSSic
priceless
💚💛💖😍😍😍😍😍
ሙዚቀኛ ከሆናችሁ እንደ እሮሃ ባንድ ሁኑ ዋዉ
Wowwweww
what about tekle tesfazgi, why he is not on the picture among them
zemene teshagari zemawoch,,,,
looking and or searching for a song, that was instrumental cover for Simon and Garfunkel Bridge over troubled water
EthioEritrea band!!
ብርሃን ኃይለ አበይ ኣሎ
Aby kenbelo nabta siol Eritrea deher zeykede ab kulu xebuk ke kelu tesfa yegeber💙💙💙💙
47:39
10:00 is the best
yfeker zmen
Here thinking the same. People were so kind. I am back in memory lane of that skeet day when we were kind to each other. I wish those days are back
😋
Anyone have a tracklist?
27:00
38:12
My Name Is Roha Lol xD 😂💘
Kiyanis Home UK wow merte giza
Betam ye mnewdacho Roha endenate mechame ayegegme love loveuuuuuuuuuuuuu
56፥78
These are not by any search of imaginations the best of Roha Band, do a little bit of research.
The album is called The Best of Roha Band Tour '90. I didn't name it, it is an album that was released 15 years ago.
@@digthattreasure7044True!
Roha : th-cam.com/video/ION0tAwxItc/w-d-xo.html
I love you ethiopia 🇪🇹 and Eritrea 🇪🇷 ❤
they are icon for ethiopia music. there name is still in generation. and thanks for your legacy
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
35:15
they are icon for ethiopia music. there name is still in generation. and thanks for your legacy.
they are icon for ethiopia music. there name is still in generation. and thanks for your legacy