Oromo Ethiopians celebrate #BoycottBedele beer victory Heineken-owned beer company drops sponsorship of Ethiopian pop star Teddy Afro amid protests from country’s largest…
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Eyob Mekonnen Popular Ethiopian Reggae Singer Has Died : BBC
Popular Ethiopian reggae singer Eyob Mekonnen has died at the age of 37. Fans of the 37-year-old singer helped raise money…
Singer and song writer Meklit Hadero with Menalesh Meti ESAT
Singer and song writer Meklit Hadero with Menalesh Meti ESAT http://www.ethsat.com – Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) ESAT is the first independent Ethiopian…
Samuel Yirga: A Prodigy Reviving Ethiopian Jazz : NPR
by Banning Eyre NPR: Samuel Yirga is a pianist from Ethiopia. A 20-something prodigy, Yirga is too young to have experienced the…
Ethiopian TV Special speaks Rita Marley. Rita Marley is Bob Marley’s widow, and is best known for carrying on her late husband’s…
by Banning Eyre Boston’s Debo Band takes inspiration from a golden era of popular music in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the late…
Ethiopia’s Mulatu Astatke honored at Boston Berklee college of music
BOSTON — The largest independent college of contemporary music in the world has honored influential Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke, an alumnus. The…
Sheba Sahlemariam, descended from Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selaisse, sings her way to global Reggae stardom with Top 10 message of Love. Sheba…
Meeting the godfather of Ethiopian jazz : Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu Astatke, the godfather of Ethiopian jazz music, is often flying around the world performing sell-out shows so I was lucky to…
A stranger to his own land: sensational Ethiopian singer Daniel Lemma
Reporter: By Tibebeselassie Tigabu Born in 1972 in Ethiopia, Daniel Lemma perceives music as an expression of his journey, a manifestation of…