Amharic music, which originates in Ethiopia, has been banned in Eritrea. There has been no official announcement of the ban but the owners of bars and music shops say they have been told not to play ...

Yegna, an five-member all-woman band has carved out a special niche among Ethiopia’s young women. A video (above) by The Guardian showcases the significance of what Yegna, which means “ours” in ...

In the history of human being all over the world, no time and no issue that is not attached with music. Child raising to school system, entertainment to politics, religion to Military life or economic ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With headlines increasingly dominated by disheartening stories about asylum seekers, Multicultural Arts Victoria's annual Emerge ...

One of the most popular keyboardists in Ethiopia is now working as a taxi driver in Washington, D.C. In the 1970s, Hailu Mergia performed with a famous band in Ethiopia. In 1981, he toured the United ...

As the Ethiopian pianist Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou approached the age of 100, fans and music critics from the US to Ethiopia, Israel to Europe have been eagerly rediscovering her work. But the ...

The golden age of Ethiopian soul music kicked off in the mid '60s with a flurry of horns, eerie keyboards, and whip-crack drumming. Woven through the groove was the strained, conflicted voice of ...

In Ethiopia, journalists and bloggers have long been subjected to imprisonment and terrorism charges, but musicians have been relatively free — until recently. Over the past year, what activists call ...

Tens of thousands of reggae fans gathered in Ethiopia yesterday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Bob Marley's birth, winding their bodies to the sound of the drumbeat. Tens of thousands of reggae ...

Ethiopia Habtemariam?Executive VP/Head Of Urban Music, Universal Music Publishing Group; SeniorVP, Motown Records?UMusicPub.com, Motown.com?@habersmasher? ? DUAL ROLE, SINGLE FOCUS? In… By Gail ...