CNBC Africa – There is no one good question to ask a legend. There are plenty. There I was, face to face…
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Ethiopian Jazz and Other Stuff You’ve Never Heard Of: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau
The self-proclaimed “Dean of American Rock Critics,” Robert Christgau was one of the pioneers of music criticism as we know it. He…
by Banning Eyre NPR: Samuel Yirga is a pianist from Ethiopia. A 20-something prodigy, Yirga is too young to have experienced the…
Ethiopian funk invades Washington as Debo welcomes lounge lizards to the Kennedy Center’s Atrium on the Roof Terrace level for an extraordinary…
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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…
ONSTAGE 68-year-old Mulatu Astatke is as subtle and understated as the Ethiopian jazz he created. The music, a hybrid of traditional Ethiopian…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Everything is done differently in Ethiopia. Splodges of spicy stews on a vast damp pancake is food that…