Admas draws from and rearranges “golden era” Ethiopian music with then-fairly-new synthesizer and drum-machine rhythms. Steve Kiviat Admas. From left, clockwise: Abegasu Shiota, Henock Temesgen, ...

Teddy Afro, pictured in 2014, has been a thorn in the side of previous Ethiopian governments In a country where criticising the authorities has often landed people in trouble, the latest song from ...

As we move from one place to another, we carry with us not just our belongings, but also our cultures, backgrounds and heritages. On Thursday, Ethiopian American singer, songwriter and composer Meklit ...

“Everyday dreaming, everyday songs / Everyday pushing, we keep keeping on,” sings Meklit on “Antidote,” the first track on the San Francisco musician’s new EP, as a hopeful saxophone line from Howard ...

His legendary jazz fused American style and Cuban rhythms with East Africa’s pentatonic scales. Now, at age 82, Mulatu Astatke wants to turn the spotlight on the tribal musicians of his beloved ...

Anyone who steps into the public sphere in Ethiopia is also a potential political leader. In this atmosphere, an outspoken musician runs a high risk of falling foul of the authorities. The country is ...