Yet Ethiopian music was a revelation to her when she joined Boston’s Ethiojazz-rooted Debo Band around 2006. The East African style grabbed her because of “the really unique groove, ...

Dawit Yifru, a towering figure in Ethiopian music, has composed and arranged hundreds of songs over a career spanning decades. Revered for his skilful orchestration and poetic lyricism, he has helped ...

Debo quickly became an in-demand Boston band. Soon it was recording for Sub Pop Records and touring internationally. In 2009, it was selected to be part of the Ethiopian Music Festival in Addis Ababa.

Her music had come to feel entirely self-evident to me. There wasn’t much I could ask of it that it hadn’t already answered. ♦ Published in the print edition of the April 17, 2023 , issue.

Renowned Ethiopian singer Muluken Melesse died on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., after a long illness, according to his family. He was 73 years old. The vocalist rose to fame at a time of enormous ...

The Ethiopian budding music producer has been hanging with Barack and Michelle Obama’s eldest daughter, and also has a dad in politics. STORY Ameena Navab. Sep 18 , 2022.

I once read the artist Dan Clowes describe Chopin’s Nocturnes as “like listening to ice water”. That description has often resonated with regards to the sound of a solo piano, but never more so than ...

Performing Ethiopian music helps connect a younger generation with their culture. ( ABC News: Kyle Harley ) Fresh off the stage, a beaming Tsion wears a mixed expression of pride and relief.