Ethiopia News » Addis Ababa News Ethiopia » Addis Ababa » Music: The Midnight Synthesizer: How Teddy Mak’s Curfew-Era Defiance Rewrote the Sound of Ethiopia
At the center of this midnight rebellion was Teodros Mekonnen—known to the world as Teddy Mak—hunched over his keys, coaxing futuristic, electronic sounds out of the dark. Today, electronic production ...
News Ethiopia » Addis Ababa » Music: Ethiopia’s capital is a showcase for its leader’s ambition
To walk among the happy throngs in Sheger Park, Addis Ababa’s newest and glitziest public space, is to encounter an idealised vision of Ethiopia’s future. Gentle piano music wafts through the air.
News Ethiopia » Addis Ababa » Music: How a trip from Boston to Ethiopia birthed the maverick band QWANQWA
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 ...
News Ethiopia » Addis Ababa » Music: Ethiopia's Music of Resistance Stays Strong, Despite Repression
In Ethiopia, journalists and bloggers have long been subjected to imprisonment and terrorism charges, but musicians have been relatively free — until recently. Over the past year, what activists call ...