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Aster Aweke (Amharic: አስቴር አወቀ) is an Ethiopian singer who lives in the United States. Born in 1961(though some sources cite the late fifties), this much-loved Ethiopian artist is musically adventerous. The daughter of a senior public servant, she was raised in Addis Ababa and began singing publicly as a teenager. In 1981, Aweke migrated to the United States and settled in Washington D.C. among a large Ethiopian expatriate community. Her popularity grew in the United States and remained strong at home. Discography Ethiopian Groove - The Golden Seventies, Paris, 1994, Buda Musique (contains three of her very first recordings)...

In Toulouse, there is a new oddity on the up and up, a phenomenon which is much more pleasurable than the Capitole, aeronautical construction, rugby or cassoulet, the other local specialities. I mean the group Awek, who have become the talk of the town within the Blues microcosm, which was in serious need of a face-lift. With 5 albums and 10 years' experience behind them, spreading the good word of the little blue note, Awek have acquired a strength and maturity worthy of their peers on the other side of the Atlantic. Their musical style is an explosive cocktail, a...