''Hawash!'' is a 1984

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Jaakko Löytty Jaakko Löytty (born 1955, Finland) is one of the most significant Finnish gospel musicians. Löytty spent much of his youth, 12 years, in Namibia, where his parents, Seppo Löytty and Kirsti Löytty worked as missionaries with the Finnish M ...

. It is his first album with clear

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n 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

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and bought his LP, which included a song about the River Hawash. Löytty wrote down a translation of the lyrics of the song on the inner sleeve of the album. This song later inspired him to write a song of the same name, the title song of this album.

Track listing

*All words and music by Jaakko Löytty,

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s by Jaakko Löytty and Ippe Kätkä. ;Side one ;Side two

Hawashband

*Jaakko Löytty — vocals, acoustic guitar *

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Sakari Löytty Sakari is a given name, and may refer to: * Sakari Kukko (born 1953), Finnish saxophonist and flutist * Sakari Kuosmanen (born 1956), Finnish singer and actor * Sakari Oramo (born 1965), Finnish conductor * Sakari Pinomäki, Finnish mechanical and ...

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, percussion * Ippe Kätkä —

, percussion * Heikki Silvennoinen —

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* Jouko Laivuori — keyboards

Guests

* Taru Hallama — vocals * Pave Maijanen — vocals *Lucjan Czaplicki — saxophone *Andrej Nowak — trumpet *Jimmy Amupala — spoken word

Production

* Ippe Kätkä — producer, recording engineer, mixing * Heikki Silvennoinen — recording engineer, mixing *Jaakko Löytty, Tuomo Manninen, cover * John Muafangejo, cover woodcut

External links

Hawash! in Discogs
Jaakko Löytty albums 1984 albums {{Gospel-album-stub