Posts Tagged by Ethiopiques
Ethiopian Jazz: Thrilling Music That You Should Hear
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
Contemporary Ethiopian musicians reinvigorate traditional jazz stylings for new audiences in America and Addis Ababa. By: Salamishah Tillet During the second half of the 20th century, cosmopolitan Ethiopians were delighted to see jazz giant Duke Ellington receive their country’s Medal of Honor from Emperor Haile Selassie. At the same time, by contrast, a Berklee College… Read more
The Nun Pianist: Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
New York (Tadias.com) – The 85-year-old nun and renowned classical pianist and composer Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, whose music has been popularized in recent years by the Ethiopiques CD series, is attracting younger audiences. “Every time I have put this on at least three new conversions occur, where the listeners go on to permanently install… Read more
Ethiopian Music Festival: from cultural conservation to international exposition
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
This year’s Ethiopian Music Festival was yet another rich exhibition of both local and international bands all bound together by a love for Ethiopian music. All events were open to the public free of charge, including events at the Goethe Institute, Alliance Ethio-Francaise, National Theatre, and even Club Alize. Ethiopia is known for its uniqueness… Read more
Ethio-Jazzman
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
Ethiopian music legend Mulatu Astatke invented Ethio-Jazz. With a whole new generation of fans and collaborators he’s just as innovative today. Master musician and composer, Mulatu Astatke, is fresh from Addis Ababa. He has flown into London from Ethiopia to do press on his forthcoming album Mulatu Steps Ahead and to attend DJ Gilles Peterson’s… Read more
Debo Band go from the Western Front to East Africa
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
Last spring, Danny Mekonnen and Jonah Rapino led Boston’s fledgling Ethiopian pop group Debo Band straight to Addis Ababa. They played a local festival, made friends with nightclub owners, and found an Ethiopian Airlines deal for a free trip down the coast to Tanzania. There, they hung out with expatriated Black Panthers, took giraffe safaris,… Read more
A Conversation With Mulatu Astatke: On Heliocentrics, Ethio-Jazz and Ellington
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under Interviews |
Rivaling Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Franco, Tabu Ley Rochereau, and a handful of others, Mulatu Astatke ranks among the most influential African musicians of all-time. The father of Ethio-Jazz, the Berklee-trained Mulatu was the first of his countryman to fuse American jazz and funk, with native folk and Coptic Chuch melodies. The leading light… Read more
Boston’s Debo Band Brings Ethiopian Grooves to North East Cities
| May 8, 2011 | Posted by admin under News |
Jamaica Plain, MA: Debo Band has been cultivating a small but enthusiastic following in the loft spaces, neighborhood bars, and church basements of Boston for the past three years. But very soon, they will be playing for a much larger audience. In May, Debo will travel to Ethiopia to perform at the Ethiopian Music Festival… Read more
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