Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Annexe

♬ Gual Abboy Redda / ጓልአቦይረዳ

This one is a mystery.

I have not been able to find any other information about Ibrahim Mahmoud / ኢብራሂም ማሕሙድ nor the arranger Ghermaine Solomon / ገርማዬ ሰሎሞን. The record label – Tesfa Records – released only one other single by Munaie Menberu / በሙናዬ መንበሩ who was, to the best of my knowledge, Ethiopian. Neither record lists an address where the label was based, just that they were pressed in Greece.

But, if I had to guess just by listening to the music on this record, I would say it sounds like it was from Eritrea.

If you have any further information about this artist, the label or anything else about this recording, please leave it in the comment section below.

Catalog number TG 101 on Tesfa Records. No other information available..

Very little info on Ibrahim Mahmoud but most likely from Eritrea. Ghirmay Solomon, was a very well known and respected Eritrean singer-songwriter. Credited on a number of Eritrean 45s for songwriting, as well as has his own releases on the label Axum (MTK3 and MTK6), and much more that never made it to wax. He passed away in 2019. We unfortunately do not have any information on where Tesfa records was based.

Comment by Eritrean Anthology April 24, 2023 @ 12:19 pm