Led by saxophonist-mastermind Danny Mekonnen, the 11-member Debo Band plays lush, orchestral interpretations of Ethiopian music. ... then he went on to do a bunch of solo, instrumental recordings.

Partly this is because it is vocal rather than instrumental music that has always excited most Ethiopians. Partly it is because indigenous forms of improvised, jazz-like, instrumental music, like the ...

Although Ethiopian music is in vogue because of Paris-based label Buda Musique’s reissue series, Ethiopiques, and the recent high-profile releases by Ethiopian jazz legend Malatu Astatke, a ...

Analysis - 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.

This year's International Festival will feature a brand new music act that will do its best to cover as many of the 80-plus Ethiopian cultures as possible. The Ahndenet — or Unity — music group, ...