As the Ethiopian pianist Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou approached the age of 100, fans and music critics from the US to Ethiopia, Israel to Europe have been eagerly rediscovering her work. But the ...
ADDIS ABABA, April 30 (Reuters) - Young Ethiopians packed into the compound of the Swedish embassy in Addis Ababa on Saturday night to savour an "Ethio Jazz" performance, an annual festival that ...
No Hats No Hoods are one of the stalwart organisations representing the UK grime sound. Over the years, they’ve turned their hands to pretty much everything – they’re a record label, a management ...
Ethiopian vocalist Etenesh Wassié began her career in Addis aged just 15 singing in traditional music venues known as Azmari Bet. She's now building a successful career in Europe singing azmari songs ...
Ethiopia has a long tradition of jazz going back to the 1920s when Armenian orphans from the massacres in Turkey formed the country’s first official orchestra. American jazz great, Duke Ellington, ...
Let's compare two snapshots of recent Ethiopian history. The first is from 1968, when Emperor Haile Selassie I ruled over the proudest and most eccentric nation in Africa, with its Christian Coptic ...
Legendary Ethiopian singer Alemayehu Eshete, 80, died in Addis Ababa on Thursday. Nicknamed "the Ethiopian Elvis", the musician died of a heart attack shortly after he was admitted to hospital, ...
DJ and cultural consultant Zezi Ifore travels to Addis Ababa to discover 'Ethiopyawi Electronic', an elusive avant-garde scene eagerly showcased by recent Western media. Once on the ground, she ...
He became a swaggering star in the late 1960s, when Addis Ababa experienced a golden age of night life and music. Decades later, he was rediscovered. By Alex Vadukul Alemayehu Eshete, a soulful ...
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