Haymanot Tesfa @ SOAS Concert
The Passion & Tranquility of Ethiopian Amharic Song
The music of the Ethiopian highlands uses a unique pentatonic modal system called qenet, of which there are four main modes: tezeta, bati, ambassel, and anchihoy. Many...
Ethiopian artist Hamelmal Abate won best traditional music award in Afrima 2017
Hamelmal Abate, an Ethiopian musician, won best Africa traditional music award in Afrima 2017 competition. She announced the news on her brief facebook update : “We did it #africa, thank...
Akon in Ethiopia to mark 122nd anniversary of Battle of Adwa
Senegalese-born – United States pop star, Akon, is in Ethiopia as part of events to celebrate the infamous Battle of Adwa which happened 122 years ago. The global music icon,...
Hailu Mergia: the Ethiopian jazz legend who jams in his taxi
He fled his native country with his group, the Walias Band, in 1981 and now drives a cab in Washington DC, in which he also composes. But, despite his...
Mulatu Astatke musics Hollywood movie to Apple iphone X
Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke musics from Hollywood movie broken flowers soundtrack to Apple iphone X advertisement. Broken Flowers soundtrack "Yekermo Sew (A Man of Experience and Wisdom), Iphone x advertisement...
Zeritu Kebede and Joss Stone hold concert
Joss Stone Live and Unplugged featuring Zeritu Kebede was the event to be at on Saturday, December 2, 2017. The concert took place at the Mosaic Hotel.
First time in...
Ruth B. on tour
Ruth B. established herself as an authentic singer/songwriter of considerable promise and purpose in 2016, and the music world responded with open arms. Most recently, she received a coveted...
የአዲስ አበባ አስተዳደር የእውቁን ድምጻዊ ሃጫሉ ሁንዴሳን የሙዚቃ ኮንሰርት አገደ
በቅርቡ ጅራ የተሰኘ ነጠላ ዜማውን የለቀቀውና በአሁኑ ወቅት በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ካሉ ምርጥ ድምጻውያን መካከል በቀዳሚዎቹ መካከል ስሙ የሚጠራው ሃጫሉ ሁንዴሳ በአዲስ አበባ ሊያደርገው የነበረው የሙዚቃ ኮንሰርት ልክ እንደ ቴዲ...
Ethiopia: Film Industry Booming in Quantity, Not in Quality – Study
Ethiopian film makers have been invited to take part in various international film festivals but they fail to do so as they could not meet the international criteria
Study reveals...
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Ethnic Identity and National Loyalty – Conflicting Direction
In Ethiopia, people are no more afraid to talk. To be precise, they do talk inside their homes and cars, or in the backrooms...
Akon in Ethiopia to mark 122nd anniversary of Battle of Adwa
Senegalese-born – United States pop star, Akon, is in Ethiopia as part of events to celebrate the infamous Battle of Adwa which happened 122...
Hailu Mergia: the Ethiopian jazz legend who jams in his taxi
He fled his native country with his group, the Walias Band, in 1981 and now drives a cab in Washington DC, in which he...
