Ethiopia News News Ethiopia » Music: Ethiopian music coming to International Festival
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 ...
News Ethiopia » Music: Ethiopian band wins fans by melding rock with African sounds
At a hotel in Addis Ababa well-known for hosting jazz greats, thousands of fans lined up on a Saturday night to headbang along with what is still a rarity in Ethiopia's diverse music scene -- a rock ...
News Ethiopia » Music: Ph.D. student studies music and conflict in Ethiopia
Originally drawn to Ethiopia because of its historical uniqueness and non-western music, a Ph.D. student is now researching how music and conflict intersect in the country. Sarah Bishop, a Ph.D.
News Ethiopia » Music: Ethiopia: Meet the First Lady of Ethiopian Music
Meet the First Lady of Ethiopian music: “Today, 78-year-old and in frail health, Asnaketch Worku remains a living music legend, undoubtedly one of the most important singers in the history of ...
News Ethiopia » Music: Éthiopiques: Mulatu Astatke and the Story of Ethiopian Jazz
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 ...
News Ethiopia » 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 » Music: Ethiopia Habtemariam Named President Of Music At HYBE America, ‘Let’s Get It’
Ethiopia Habtemariam returns to the music C-suite as HYBE America’s new President of Music. Veteran music executive Ethiopia Habtemariam is making her return to the industry after a brief hiatus, ...
News Ethiopia » Music: Ethiopia Habtemariam on Motown’s Legacy and Future
Music fans have their own entry point to one of Motown’s many eras. For Ethiopia Habtemariam, a seasoned industry veteran who became president of the label in 2014, that experience came when she was ...