Ethio-jazz meets modular synths on this thrilling record from the Ethiopia-born, LA-based musician ...

WHEN PEOPLE TALK about Mahmoud Ahmed, there are typically three prevailing descriptions: legendary, a national treasure, and the godfather of Ethiopian music. Yonnas Yilma breaks it down in terms any ...

During the second half of the 20th century, cosmopolitan Ethiopians were delighted to see jazz giant Duke Ellington receive their country’s Medal of Honor from Emperor Haile Selassie. At the same time ...

Left: Ayalew Mesfin [Photo by Hannah Brooks]. Right: Hailu Mergia [Photo courtesy of the artist] For many people outside of the Habesha community, their first experience with Ethiopian music came from ...

Inside a restored theater at the heart of Addis Ababa University’s Yared School of Music — the storied institution founded in ...

When the band QWANQWA takes the stage of the BU Global Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 17, it’ll be making its Boston debut — as are five of the other groups playing the free event. But if the ...

The golden age of Ethiopian soul music kicked off in the mid '60s with a flurry of horns, eerie keyboards, and whip-crack drumming. Woven through the groove was the strained, conflicted voice of ...

Open up the book on Ethiopian music and Hailu Mergia should be right there on page one. The keyboardist, army accordionist and synth pioneer spent three decades carving out a national reputation both ...

The acclaimed Ethiopian-American artist Meklit Hadero released her new album A Piece of Infinity on September 26 on the Smithsonian Folkways label, and recently released sessions of these new ...