The event was a hit last year, and so EESA wanted to continue the tradition. Given this year’s turnout, the Ethio-Jazz soiree ...

When the band QWANQWA takes the stage of the BU Global Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 17, it’ll be making its Boston debut — as are five of the other groups playing the free event. But if the ...

YOHAN KEBEDE, Kokoroko’s keyboardist and synth player has announced the launch of ‘Zena’, a new duo formed in conjunction ...

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 ...

Hailu Mergia was once the keyboardist for Walias Band, whose 1977 recording “Muziqawi Silt” is a defining piece of Ethiopia’s musical history. Walias broke up in the early ’80s after a trip to the U.S ...