What Hailu is too humble to let on is that he and his band, Walias Band, were one of the innovators of that revolutionary time in Ethiopian music along with Mulatu Astatke, who played with the ...

Ethiopian music is distinctive for its pentatonic scale. Ethiopian popular music from the 1960s and 1970s—with its blend of Ethiopian traditional music, jazz, and funk—has reached a mainstream ...

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, ...

Once a music star in Ethiopia, Hailu Mergia moved his life to Washington, D.C., more than 35 years ago. But while today he can often be found behind the wheel of a taxi, he also has returned to ...

Ethiopian-born musician Hailu Mergia plays the piano at his home in Fort Washington. A generation ago, he was a major star on the Ethio­pian music scene.

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 ...

Alemayehu Eshete, a soulful Ethiopian pop singer widely known as the “Abyssinian Elvis” who became a star in the 1960s when a cultural revolution took hold of Addis Ababa, died on Sept. 2 at a ...

The golden age of Ethiopian music For 17 years, Addis Ababa resounded to African rhythms, Western pop, and European band music. Now that heady mix is coming to the UK.

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.