late 1990s after Buda Musique launched the Éthiopiques series on compact disc. This led to new recordings and tours in Europe and the United States with Boston's Either/Orchestra and Badume Band. Though he has made his home in Addis Ababa and works with a number of NGOs and philanthropic causes, he continues to tour internationally, performing concerts both for world music fans as well as the Ethiopian diaspora. In 2007, Mahmoud won a BBC World Music Award. While Ere Mela Mela made him a household name, Mahmoud is generally known for his Tizita, a genre that reminisce the past – slow and groovy style of music, Tew Lemed Gelaye with close to three million views on YouTube is one of his enduring Tizita music of the modern era. Though unknown to many people, Mahmoud is a visual artist who creates art in drawings and illustrations. He illustrates various themes with a pencil, depending on the mood of the period. He was once approached by the Alliance Ethio-Française in Addis Ababa to exhibit his works but he declined. Discography Almaz with Ibex Band (1973 LP; reissued on CD in 1999 as Éthiopiques Volume 6 by Buda Musique) Alemye (1974 LP, reissued on CD in 2005 as Éthiopiques Volume 19 by Buda Musique) Ere Mela Mela (1975 LP, rereleased on Crammed Discs in 1986 with extra tracks, remixed, expanded and reissued on CD in 2000 as Etiopiques Volume 7 by Buda Musique) Soul of Addis (1997, Earthworks/Stern's Africa) Slow Collections (1998, Sounds of Abyssinia) Live in Paris (1998, Long Distance) Yitbarek (2003, Yene Production, rereleased by Nahom Records in 2007) Tizita Vol. 1 (The Best of...) (2003, AIT Records) Tizita Vol. 2 (The Best of...) (2003, AIT Records) The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia (2004, World Music Network) Ethiogroove: Mahmoud Ahmed & Either/Orchestra, with Tsedenia G. Markos (2007, EthioSonic DVD) Éthiopiques Live: Mahmoud Ahmed, Alemayehu Eshete & Badume's Band (2009, Innacor DVD) Éthiopiques 26: Mahmoud Ahmed & Imperial Bodyguard Band, 1972–1974 (collects music from singles released on the Philips label) The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia (2012, World Music Network) References Further reading Jonathan Miran, "Mahmoud Ahmed," Dictionary of African Biography, Eds. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Emmanuel K. Akyeampong (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), Volume 4, pp. 43–44. External links Discography of Mahmoud Ahmed as provided by Discogs 1941 births Living people 20th-century Ethiopian male singers