Astatke's music was used in the soundtrack of Jim Jarmusch's "Broken Flowers" You’d expect a conversation with Mulatu Astatke to be about music. He is, after all, the father of a musical genre: ...

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, ...

Originally drawn to Ethiopia because of its historical uniqueness and non-western music, a Ph.D. student is now researching how music and conflict intersect in the country. Sarah Bishop, a Ph.D.

Ethiopian jazz master Mulatu Astatke took a break from his extensive 2018 European concert tour to play at the 19th Cape Town International Jazz Festival. This should come as no surprise given that he ...

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 music company also said that the Motown Records label will now make use of Island Def Jam’s sales, marketing and distribution services. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor NEW YORK – Universal ...

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 ...

He became a swaggering star in the late 1960s, when Addis Ababa experienced a golden age of night life and music. Decades later, he was rediscovered. By Alex Vadukul Alemayehu Eshete, a soulful ...