Red Bull Music Academy presents Ethiopian Jazz legend Mulatu Astatke
Ethio-jazz originator Mulatu Astatke sets out for a RBMA Session and concert in Istanbul Red Bull Music Academy presents a...
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Mahmoud Ahmed to Open Duke Performances’ 2015-2016 Season
Mahmoud Ahmed, the legendary Ethiopian singers, will open the Duke Performances’ 2015-2016 concert season in Durham, North Carolina. The performance will take...
Haile Gerima Is a Cinema Legend but Still Can’t Find Support for His Films
His new fund-raising effort has been championed by Ava Duvernay. Haile Gerima. (Photo: 'The Washington Post'/Getty Images) - Haile Gerima...
ESFNA says Teddy Afro-Gossaye Concert Cancelled Due to Visa complications
ESFNA says Teddy Afro-GossayE Concert Cancelled Due to Visa complications WASHINGTON, DC - Teddy Afro and Gossaye Tsegaye, the two...
Promoting East African music and Africa’s influence on the world
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Age is not a factor for the great Dr. Mulatu Astatke. On any given Saturday, you...
‘Music is like gold’: Hip-hop in Amharic finds its voice in Ethiopia
By James Jeffrey, Al Jazeera Cover art for Teddy Yo’s and Ella Man’s Amharic “Banchee Miknyat” (“In Our Cause”).Courtesy Teddy...
Reviving musicals
By Tibebeselassie Tigabu Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Since the introduction of modern theater in Ethiopia in the 20th century by French-educated...
Abel Tesfaye’s “Earned it” is “Fifty Shades of Grey” Soundtrack
By Sandra Dindi Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd’s new song "Earned it" has been picked to feature in the upcoming...
Effective ‘Difret’ looks at abhorrent practice in Ethiopia
Hirut (Tizita Hagare) sits in a halfway house in "Difret." (Haile Addis Pictures / Cineart) The compelling "Difret" is a...