The Reporter

Where EthioJazz Lives, Breathes, and Is Renewed Every Thursday Night

The October issue of Selamta, Ethiopian Airlines’ inflight magazine, featured an exclusive interview with Mulatu Astatke, the ...
The Washington Post

Legendary musician Mulatu Astatke is bringing his Ethio-jazz to D.C.

The Ethiopian jazz great will perform at the Howard Theatre on June 23 and 24. Most of us don’t think of music as a science. Mulatu Astatke, the Ethiopian vibraphonist who created the style known as ...
AOL

Godfather of Ethiopian jazz on his farewell tour

Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience. Last month in London, the 82-year-old pioneer, who has done much to bring his blend of musical ...
The Harvard Crimson

EESA Strikes a Chord With Second Annual Ethio-Jazz Soiree

On Nov. 9, around 200 people packed into the Signet Society for the second annual Ethio-Jazz Soiree, hosted and organized by Harvard’s Eritrean and Ethiopian Students Association (EESA). Enlivened ...
AllAfrica

Ethiopia: An Interview With Zena - London, Addis Ababa, and Everything in Between.

Interview - Zena is a London-born duo composed of Kokoroko keyboardist Yohan Kebede and bassist Menelik. Informed by their shared Ethiopian heritage, they mix traditional Ethiopian sounds with an ...
Jazz

Ethiopian Sounds to be Served with Ribs

Music from the “Horn of Africa" will be among the sounds heard at the Jazz & Rib Fest next weekend. The Either/Orchestra, specializing in the music of Ethiopia (with leader Russ Gershon at center, in ...
Chicago Tribune

Taxi to ‘Tizita,’ Ethiopian-born musician Hailu Mergia has always put his music first

In Ethiopia, the Amharic word “tizita” conveys varying meanings but all of them have deep emotional resonance. The word can mean a specific melody or the sense of nostalgia that is connected to that ...
Jazz

Sketches of Ethiopia

Mulatu Astatke, the godfather of Ethiopian jazz, presents a blissful and colourful music weaving modern groove with age-old melodies, and western classical music with Latin and afro funk rhythms.
The Voice

Ethiopia’s finest, Zena, drop much awaited EP

ZENA, comprised of Yohan Kebede and bassist/producer Menelik, have announced the forthcoming release of their debut EP ...
Naija Gist - Latest

Band wins fans by melding rock with African sounds

At a hotel in Addis Ababa well-known for hosting jazz greats, thousands of fans lined up on a Saturday night to headbang along with what is still a rarity in Ethiopias diverse music scene -- a rock ...
Iowa Public Radio

Meklit Hadero discusses her album, 'A Piece of Infinity,' a nod to her Ethiopian roots

The music artist Meklit Hadero has lived in the U.S. since she left Ethiopia decades ago. (SOUNDBITE OF MEKLIT HADERO SONG, "LEFEQER ENEGEZA") MEKLIT HADERO: After the Ethiopian Revolution, there were ...