On A Piece of Infinity, Meklit delivers a set of catchy songs that blur the lines between Ethio jazz, pop, soul, funk, world ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 8—WORTHINGTON — This year's International Festival will feature a brand new music act that will do its best to cover as many ...

With his first album in 10 years, Mulatu Plays Mulatu, recorded in both London and Addis Ababa, 81 year-old Mulatu Astatke, native of Jimma, Ethiopia and father of Ethio jazz, reimagines a portion of ...

The EAII’s "Echoes of Adwa" AI music contest faces criticism over 70% AI-content rules. Discover why musicians say it ...

Admas draws from and rearranges “golden era” Ethiopian music with then-fairly-new synthesizer and drum-machine rhythms. Steve Kiviat Admas. From left, clockwise: Abegasu Shiota, Henock Temesgen, ...

Falcetto was a promoter of music when he first heard Ethiopian music in 1984. As he explained when I met him, “A friend of mine was a stage manager for a theatre troupe who had been touring Africa and ...

TO WESTERN EARS, the music seems both foreign and familiar. Its mood stretches from sultry and haunting to upbeat and vibrant. Soulful Western undertones are audible, yet the overall impression is ...