Chelina - Singer And Song Writer - Interview With Loline Mag
When asked to describe herself in three words she chose the words ambitious, sensitive, and observant.
Growing up with two parents who moved around a lot, Chelina was inspired by her parents who loved art. Her mother, who loved music, studied theatre and her dad was a writer. For high school, she went to Menilik then moved to Adigrat where her father had worked, and finished her studies there in Saint Lucy. She grew up listening to artists like Nina Simone, Janice Joplin, and Amy Winehouse. She listened to jazz, 70s rock, indie rock, reggae, and a little bit of everything. Music was always inside her but taking it full time was not her original plan. She planned to study law which she went to school for but her mother encouraged her to perform more often. She started performing when she was 19. Her mother got her to join the Express band and she started performing during summers but as time went by, she was encouraged to do music full time. So she went to Yared music school, which didn’t have an established class in the major she wanted to take, so she transferred to Seminary music school and graduated as a guitar major.
