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

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

All words and music by Jaakko Löytty, arrangements by Jaakko Löytty and Ippe Kätkä.

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

Jaakko Löytty — vocals, acoustic guitar
Mikko Löytty — bass
Sakari Löytty — drums, percussion
Ippe Kätkä — drums, percussion
Heikki Silvennoinen — guitars
Jouko Laivuori — keyboards

Guests

Taru Hallama — vocals
Pave Maijanen — vocals
Lucjan Czaplicki
Andrej Nowak
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

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