Hawash!

Hawash!
Studio album by Jaakko Löytty
Released 1984 (LP), 2003 (CD)
Recorded Studio JJ, Tampere, 1984
Genre gospel, reggae
Length 41:42
Label just records, (2003, fg-naxos)
Producer Ippe Kätkä
Jaakko Löytty chronology
Laulu yhteisestä leivästä
(1984)
Hawash!
(1984)
Sinisen syvyys
(1987)

Hawash! is a 1984 album by Finnish gospel musician Jaakko Löytty. It is his first album with clear African influences.

The title song was inspired by the Oromo musician Ali Mohammed Birra, whom Löytty met in 1976 during the Etiopiasafari tour. He met Birra in an Addis Abeba nightclub and bought his LP, which included a song about the River Hawash. This song later inspired Löytty to write a song of the same name, the title song of this album.


Track listing

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "John Muafangeyo"   2.54
2. "Orjalaiva (‘The slave ship’)"   3.59
3. "Kuusimba (kaukana kotoa) (‘Kuusimba (far from home’)"   5.24
4. "Kuuletko rummut? (‘Can you hear the drums’)"   4.52
5. "Pieni pakolainen (‘The small refugee’)"   3.30
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "Niin tulvii Hawash (‘The Hawash River is flooding’)"   2.54
7. "Miljoonat jeesuslapset (‘Millions of Jesus children’)"   4.16
8. "Lennä, leijani, lennä (‘Fly away my kite’)"   6.27
9. "Taas on tänään (‘It’s today, again’)"   4.00
10. "Valaiskoon (‘Let it shine’)"   3.26
Total length:
41.42

Hawashband

Guests

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