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  The Gatherings Presents: Erik Wollo
Wollo believes that we all have a particular and unique set of internal tones that set the stage for our journey through life.
Wollo's ties to the music of his homeland, and his interest in world history, is reflected in his approach to music.
Erik Wollo live at The Gatherings Concert Series on 27 October 2007 is funded by CIMA of PA (The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of Pennsylvania), the all-volunteer, non-profit organization responsible for organizing and producing The Gatherings Concert Series.
www.thegatherings.org /70gather.html   (985 words)

  
 Erik Wollo
Erik Wollo's roots in progressive rock are clear as he uses them to articulate cinematic musical themes.
While there is always a sense of warmth to his atmospheric pieces, Wollo's music resounds with the stark beauty of Norway's wintry landscapes, sweeping mountain ranges and vast coastal fjords.
I am primarily a guitarist, which I first picked up at age 11." Looking back, Wollo was one of the first musicians in Norway to utilize the then new synthesizer in his music and therefore has been closely associated with the technology ever since.
www.starsend.org /erikwollo.html   (0 words)

  
  South Wollo – Where History and Famine Meet
Wollo people prefer the highlands, because of the relative freedom from sickness, especially the feared malaria.
Wollo is a big place, it is ambitious to describe it all in detail.
Wollo named the various parts of his territory after his sons, and they became known as Were Himenu, Were Ilou, Were Babu, Were Kalu and so on - 7 in all.
www.addistribune.com /Archives/2000/03/24-03-00/Trav.htm   (1543 words)

  
 Context
North Wollo is one of the 11 zones in the Amhara National Regional State.
North Wollo is especially known for its lack of moisture.
The Joint Ethio-Danish programme in North Wollo is focussing on 23 kebeles (the smallest unit of the local government in rural and urban communities) in the two woredas Kobo and Habru in North Wollo.
www.redbarnet.dk /Default.asp?ID=711   (283 words)

  
 KVR: Wollo- Beat, FMERA, Drone and Spacer released   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wollo FMERA is an FM synthesizer that combines FM style sounds with a wave player.
Wollo Drone combines analog style sounds with onboard effect processors - a flanger with moog filter and two delays.
Wollo Spacer is a virtual effect processor that combines two parallel reverbs, two flangers and a delay with BPM host sync possibility.
www.kvraudio.com /news-print.php?id=3128   (167 words)

  
 Wollo - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wollo was a province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Dessye.
With the adoption of the constitution in 1995, Wollo was divided between the Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions of Ethiopia.
This East African location article is a stub.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Wollo   (79 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Debub Wollo (or "South Wollo") is one of 10 Zones in the Ethiopian Amhara Region.
Debub Wollo is bordered on the south by Semien Shewa and the Oromia Region, on the west by Mirab Gojjam, on the northwest by Debub Gondar, on the north by Semen Wollo and on the east by the Oromia Zone.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this zone has an estimated total population of 2,942,886, of which 1,446,752 were males and 1,496,134 were females; 366,095 or 12.4% of its population are urban dwellers.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Debub_Wollo_Zone   (351 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Wind Journey: Music: Erik Wollo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Erik Wollo's roots in progressive rock are clear and he uses them to articulate a cinematic music.
While Wollo lives in a country with some of the most awe-inspiring landscapes in the world, he composes much of his music in a basement studio.
Wollo plays the guitar in a way that the sound echoes in my head and makes me feel like Im somewhere far and distant.
www.amazon.com /Wind-Journey-Erik-Wollo/dp/B00005NT3X   (835 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wollo was a historical region and province in the northeastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Dessie.
The province was named after the Wollo Oromo, who settled in this part of Ethiopia in the 17th century.
With the adoption of the constitution in 1995, Wollo was divided between the Afar Region which absorbed the part of the province that extended into the Afar Depression, the Tigray Region, which annexed the northwestern corner, and the Amhara Region which absorbed the remainder of the province in the Ethiopian highlands.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Wollo   (155 words)

  
 Mountain Voices: oral testimonies from north Wollo, Ethiopia
Ethiopia's forests now cover a disturbingly small area of the country and with such a high percentage of the population being dependent on mountain farming, the implications of land degradation are extremely serious.
There are several villages and market centres along the road, otherwise the population is scattered in small villages on the plateau, and on cultivated shelves within the gorge.
Like the Mount Elgon region in Kenya, Wollo is relatively densely populated and sustainability of agriculture is the key concern.
www.mountainvoices.org /ethiopia.asp   (0 words)

  
 Erik Wøllo-VST Instruments
The Wollo Drone is a virtual analog synthesizer that combines analog style
The Wollo FMERA combines FM style sounds with a wave player.
The Wollo Beat is a 808 style virtual drums and percussion machine.
www.wollo.com /vst.htm   (0 words)

  
 Lij Eyasu Michael, Emperor-Designate (Eyasu V)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lij Eyasu Michael was the son of Ras (later King)Michael Ali of Wollo, and Woizero Shewaregga Menelik, and was born in 1901.
As it was, the Tigreans and the most of the Wollo shared the concerns of the Shewans as far as the ambitions of the Empress, and there was little likelyhood of her being able to carry out this plan.
In November of 1916, the King of Wollo, with gold chains marking his royal status shackled to his arms and legs, was made to march through the crowded streets of Addis Ababa carrying a rock of repentance on his shoulders.
www.angelfire.com /ny/ethiocrown/lij.html   (13803 words)

  
 Amha Selassie I,Emperor-in-Exile (Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen)
Her mother was Woizero Sehin Michael, daughter of King Michael of Wollo, and half sister of Lij Eyasu.
He was given the title of Merid Azmatch, and was made governor (initialy titular) of Wollo, as he was the great-grandson of the last king of Wollo.
Wollo would prove to be the last nail in the coffin of Emperor Haile Selassie's reign with the famine there during the 1970's.
www.angelfire.com /ny/ethiocrown/amha.html   (4717 words)

  
 AWF: Researchers Discover New Populations of Ethiopian Wolves
With the recent discoveries of Ethiopian wolves in several areas of the Wollo mountain range in northern Ethiopia, researchers have ratcheted up their population estimates of this rare candid species, from between 400 and 500 to as many as 650.
They were able to confirm the existence of wolves in three areas and found a new population in the fourth.
The latest discovery "places Wollo as the second region in importance for wolf conservation after Bale," Sillero said, "and significantly improves the overall conservation prognosis for the species."
www.awf.org /content/headline/detail/1066?print=true?print=true?print=true?print=true?print=true?print=true?print=true   (369 words)

  
 Case-studies: South Wollo, Ethiopia Famine
Another world famous famine was in 1984/5, in which an estimated one million people died in Wollo.
In fact, wood is so scarce that the penalty for stealing it is damnation from the church.
Forest covers only about 1% of Wollo's land area and just 3% in Ethiopia as a whole.
library.thinkquest.org /C002291/high/past/wollo.htm   (374 words)

  
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For both plant and animal pests and diseases the capacity of the MoA to curb any outbreaks is limited, due to lack of sufficient drugs and pesticides as well as logistical constraints(shortage of field vehicles and inaccessibility of some places).
There are often complaints to be heard that South Wollo zone is neglected by NGOs, compared to North Wollo zone and Tigray region.
Some farmers from Central South Wollo are going to Weldyia to buy relief food which is apparently inexpensive compared to the better off woredas of South Wollo.
www.africa.upenn.edu /eue_web/Wellomar.doc   (4450 words)

  
 Erik Wollo
Norwegian guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Erik Wollo's second CD on Spotted Peccary is chock full of a large assortment of great music, varying in moods, tempos, and subgenres.
Wollo plays electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, electric bass, percussion and flute on this album.
Erik Wollo is a multi-instrumentalist of dazzling virtuosity.
www.windandwire.com /erik_wollo.htm   (1379 words)

  
 Institute of Development Studies About IDS
The people of Wollo in northern Ethiopia are not only famine-prone and chronically food insecure, they are also desperately poor.
These factors are interrelated, but national policy-makers and the international community have adopted a ‘crisis management’ strategy that has resulted in dependence on food aid, rather than addressing the underlying problems of poverty and livelihood insecurity.
The ‘Wollo Destitution Study’ was commissioned by Save the Children UK, funded by DFID and implemented by a research team from IDS Sussex and Addis Ababa University, in collaboration with the Amhara Regional Government, with the objectives of investigating the scale, causes and consequences of destitution in Wollo, and suggesting appropriate policy responses.
www.ntd.co.uk /idsbookshop/details.asp?id=790   (342 words)

  
 ID21 - communicating development research
Ethiopia’s North Wollo region is prone to recurrent drought and famine.
Only a small minority of already fortunate farmers (those living in mid-altitude climes, possessing cattle and having land with deep soil) are benefiting from the extensive programme to promote fertilisers.
For the majority of Wollo’s peasant farms, erosion has so reduced the depth of soil, and its ability to hold water, that the use of mineral fertilisers is of limited value.
www.id21.org /society/S2aee1g1.html   (547 words)

  
 SOUTH WOLLO :WHERE HISTORY AND FAMINE MEET
Embarking into South Wollo requires a great deal of tolerance for bumps and dust, and urgent need or a suspension of common sense to make it to the more remote parts.
On almost every trip through Wollo we’ve had to brake abruptly at least a few times as some pedestrian suddenly hears us from behind and launches him/herself across the road meters in front of us.
After one of these trips the stress sore across my shoulders and back attests to the strain of not knowing when one of those striding peasants in front of you is going to hear your car and do the criss-cross, or whether that goat will suddenly leap out into your path.
www.addistribune.com /Archives/2000/03/10-03-00/Trave.htm   (1309 words)

  
 Erik Wollo
You won't find such heroics in the icy but elatedly filmic élan of Erik Wollo.
Wollo's subdued atmospheric presence is best witnessed on a new acoustic guitar epic Guitar Nova, where he replicates the evocation of guitar-synths with terrorizing multi-tracked tones and plush live strings.
The Gathering presents Erik Wollo, Sat., April 27, 7 p.m., $10-$20, St. Mary’s Hamilton Village, 3916 Locust Walk, 800-965-4827, www.thegatherings.org.
www.citypaper.net /articles/2002-04-25/musicpicks2.shtml   (199 words)

  
 Wolter Wierbos & Wollo's World
Na de pauze is de beurt aan Wollo's World, een project waarin Wierbos muzikaal aan het sparren gaat met steeds andere muzikanten.
Vooral als solist laat hij niet alleen zien dat hij het instrument tot in perfectie beheerst, maar kan hij ook zijn grote muzikale talent kwijt.
Met zijn Wollo's World is hij in staat ook de medesolisten tot het uiterste te drijven.
www.mahoganyhall.nl /jazzconcert.asp?ID=12   (164 words)

  
 Best Prices on Erik Wollo at iMegaDeals.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Definitely my favorite Erik Wollo album, which says a lot considering his incredible discography.
The man really knows his stuff, coming from an electronic/ambient background and translating that knowledge into a fantastic combination of acoustic guitars and various organic-sounding (though often...
I've been an Erik Wollo fan for many years and when I saw a used copy of this title at amazon.com, I bought it without knowing anything about this particular cd.
www.imegadeals.com /a/artistsearch_Erik+Wollo/mode_music.html   (353 words)

  
 SNV-Ethiopia North Wollo Capacity Building Program
Ethiopia has been implementing two Integrated Rural Development Programs in North Wollo, which are now in the process of being handed over to the local institutions.
Make contributions to the efforts of addressing gender equity, reduce poverty and improve the quality of life for the people of North Wollo, in partnership with the government.
Implement the national and regional policies in poverty reduction by providing effective coordination of all developmental activities and to ensure that these activities are sensitive to the needs of women, men, young people, the elderly and the disabled.
www.snvworld.org /ethiopia/North-Wollo-CBP.html   (161 words)

  
 Member of Parliament From Wollo Sends Invitation To Former U.S. President Clinton :: EthiopiS.com :: Ethiopis.Com : ...
Ethiopian Member of Parliament from Wollo, Ato Wossenu Berhan has sent an official letter of invitation to former U.S. President Bill Clinton asking him to be a guest of honor in Wollo for the opening ceremony of a new university named Wollo My Home University.
I sure hope that Wollo's female population will be careful while he is in town," said Tayitu Bedassa, the Member of Parliament from Wollega.
Clinton but if he is going to visit Wollo, our federal troops are ready to force him to visit all the other regions of Ethiopia.
www.ethiopis.com /index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=130   (550 words)

  
 Echoes Playlist 0445C
Erik Wollo has been recording since the early 1980s, but his music just keeps getting more skillfully refined and emotionally tuned.
The latter was Echoes CD of the month for September, 2001 and the former would've followed suit if it hadn't been so soon.
On BLUE SKY, RED GUITARS, Wollo layers overlapping acoustic arpeggios with searing e-bow lines that paint air-brushed messages in the sky.
www.echoes.org /playlists/0445C.html   (145 words)

  
 UNITED NATIONS
Amid areas struck by drought in the Northern part of the country, South Wollo was considered better off than North Wollo, Tigray and parts of Gondar.
Esseye Gola is in the south-east of South Wollo zone.
Dawe woreda is presently the worst drought-affected woreda of South Wollo zone.
www.africa.upenn.edu /eue_web/Wellomar.htm   (4111 words)

  
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www.search-mp3.net /products/emotional-landscape-erik-wollo.php   (379 words)

  
 Erik Wollo, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
Norwegian composer Erik Wollo started out as a jazz guitarist and dabbled in jazz-rock fusion on his early recordings.
In 1984, however, he came out with Traces, an electronic album of startling originality.
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www.emusic.com /artist/11572/11572575.html   (184 words)

  
 Echoes: John Diliberto's Picks
We've done it once or twice when CDs have been released in close proximity, but every album could be a CD of the month no-brainer.
Wollo has always been a master of mixing deep churning textures with synthesized and acoustic elements.
It's easy to characterize Wollo's music as coming from the frozen north of Norway with its blasted landscapes and long winter nights.
www.echoes.org /picks.html   (4996 words)

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