Category: News
Ethiopia’s Mulatu Astatke honored at Boston music school
| May 13, 2012 | Posted by admin under News |
BOSTON — The largest independent college of contemporary music in the world has awarded honorary degrees to the Eagles and Grammy Award-winning country singer Alison Krauss at a ceremony in Boston. The city’s Berklee College of Music also has honored influential Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke, an alumnus. The artists were honored during the school’s commencement… Read more
Tikur Sew Dispute: Teddy Afro vs. Adika
| April 30, 2012 | Posted by admin under News |
Two weeks after the release of the much anticipated album Tikur Sew of megastar Tewodros Kassahun, a.k.a. Teddy Afro, disagreements have surfaced between producers of the album, Adika Communications and Events Plc, and the artist, over the number of copies that are available on the market. Adika, which bought the rights to Teddy’s master copy… Read more
Rastafarians face hardship in Ethiopian ‘promised land’
| April 29, 2012 | Posted by admin under News |
A ceremonial fire burns as dreadlocked Rastafarians sway to drum beats, chanting “Haile I! Selassie I!” in praise of the former Ethiopian emperor whom they uphold as God incarnate. Marijuana smoke rises from the crowd, decked out in their trademark red, gold and green — also the colours as the Ethiopian flag — as they… Read more
Teddy Afro’s newly released album “Tikur sew” bags close to 10 mln in first week
| April 22, 2012 | Posted by admin under News |
The newly released Teddy Afro’s album “Tikur sew” hit a new record in Ethiopian music industry with a sale of 300,000 CD and 120,000 cassettes worth of close to ten million birr in less than a week. This album sale was collected from Electra and Ambassel music shops in Addis Ababa and the other regions… Read more
Get ready for Teddy
| April 3, 2012 | Posted by admin under News |
Tewodros Kassahun, a.k.a. Teddy Afro, will soon bring his brand new album titled, Tikur Sew, out. The music industry has long been talking about the album that the popular musician was paid over four million Birr for. As controversial as the musician has been over the issues that he deals with in his songs, the… Read more
ቴዲ አፍሮ የታደገው ነፍስ አገሩ ገባ
| February 26, 2012 | Posted by admin under News |
‹‹ስለቴዲ አፍሮ የምናገርበት አንደበት የለኝም›› አስመሮም ኃይለ ሥላሴ የሰው ሕይወት አጥፍቷል በሚል በአሥር ቀናት ውስጥ በሞት እንዲቀጣ ወይም የነፍስ ዋጋ 700 ሺሕ ብር እንዲከፍል የፍርድ ውሳኔ ተላልፎበት፣ አርቲስት ቴዎድሮስ ካሣሁን (ቴዲ አፍሮ) ሙሉ ክፍያውን (700 ሺሕ ብር) ከፍሎ ያተረፈው ኢትዮጵያዊው አስመሮም ኃይለ ሥላሴ ገብረ ኢየሱስ፣ የካቲት 14 ቀን 2004 ዓ.ም ከእስር ተፈታ፡፡ የካቲት 15 ቀን… Read more
Ethiopia: Acacia Jazz & World Music Festival
| February 7, 2012 | Posted by admin under News |
by Borja Santos Porras (rnw.nl) During the last four days, some of the Ethiopia’s finest and most talented jazz musicians and selected bands from abroad have been playing in the “Acacia Jazz Festival & World Music”. It is one of the first “Outdoor Jazz” festivals to be held in Addis Ababa and it is designed… Read more
Ghyslaine Tchouaga of Cameroon Crowned Miss Africa USA 2011
| November 15, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
New York (TADIAS) – Twenty-two-year-old Ghyslaine Tchouaga of Cameroon was crowned Miss Africa USA 2011 on Sunday after beating fifteen other finalists. Ms. Tchouaga was born and raised in the capital Yaoundé and migrated to the U.S. six years ago. The scholarship and beauty pageant, which celebrated its 6th anniversary, was held at the Hilton… Read more
Ethiopian genius Solomon Assefa named as one of the top 35 innovators under 35
| August 25, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
32 year old Ethiopian genius Solomon Assefa has been named as one of the top 35 innovators under 35 by the influential MIT Technology review magazine. Solomon is a researcher at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and he is working on chips that communicate with pulses of light instead of electrical signals could lead… Read more
Universal Music Group to Appoint Ethiopia Habtemariam to Lead Motown Records
| July 27, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company to appoint Ethiopia Habtemariam to lead the company parent record label Motown as early as next week according to the news report from The Wrap. A top executive from Universal’s music-publishing arm, Habtemariam in early 2010 was responsible for wooing Justin Bieber into a global publishing… Read more
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