Out of Africa Matthijs Blonk: Festival of 1000 stars ( Africa News ) In the Ethiopian City of Arba Minch, the capital of the southern province of Gamo-Gofa, a unique music festival is held annually. In the course of three days, the audience can... More Finding refuge in art "As an artist I always try to express my culture and the environment that I grew up in and share it with people," he said. More Alemayehu Eshete, Ethiopiques 22 "More Vintage!" " ..Alemayehu Eshete, a slick young singer who became known as the "Ethiopian James Brown" and "Abyssinian Elvis", thanks to his wild stage performance. More How A Reggae Rhythm Redeemed A Lost Soul It's not surprising that a Caribbean spiritual philosophy espousing peace, unity and love -- whose charismatic spokesmen delivered its message via a mesmerizing music, More Rastafarians mark Ethiopian millennium with massive concert (AFP) " He said some 50,000 people were expected to come to listen to rasta artists such as King Kong and Luciano and added that 10 percent of the proceeds would be donated to a millennium - sponsored fund for orphans.. More |
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| Music Videos Gossaye & Ephrem - Balageru Mesgana Dancers - Amharic Mesgana Dancers - Guragigna Mesgana Dancers - Oromiffa Mesgana Dancers - Tigrigna Wolayta , Gamo, Konso, Mursi.. Music Oreetay - Adib Kadir Kenyan Song - Sinzia Somali Song - Waayaha Cusub Sudanese Song - Young Shrooq Teddy Afro - Yasteseryal Ali Birra & Mohamud Ahmed Bob Marley - Natural Mystic Live Bizunesh Bekele-Hizb Lehizb No Woman No Cry - Jimmy Cliff - Erykah Badu-tribut to Bob Marley Damian Marley feat Nas - Road to Zion Amharic Song - Banchiw Mejen Guragigna Song - Esherrerre Oromiffa song - Bookaan Roobee Tigrigna Song - Adey Amharic Song - Le Gonder Sew Oromiffa song - Isa Jalattii Mucayonii Sudanese Song - Sabarta Useful Links Addis Music Adib Kadir Ethiopia Music Ethiopia Now GiGi Selamta Addis Culture The model of perfection (CNN) Born in 1978 and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Liya Kebede attended the French Lycée in Addis. It was here that she was talent-spotted by a French film director and began her rise to supermodel status. More Mekdes; Ethiopian Jewel ( Black Star News ) “Modeling sort of serves as a transition for me, as acting is my main objective. Modeling is also good at this point in my life because the schedule goes along with my school work.” Dance group brings Ethiopian culture to Utah 27 August 2007 ( The salt Lake Tribune ) - What do you know about Ethiopia? If you're like most people, it's not much. But the Mesgana Dance Group wants to change that. More A must see movie to be released in Addis for the Millennium Lalibela, Ethiopia - over 900 years old historical landmark By Addis Art & Culture and Addis Film Production,2007 Documentary Film More "Ethiopian music is very different from other African styles, perhaps because..." |
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Teddy Afro Rocks Out Millennium in Jimma
17 Sep 2007 (Addis Fortune) - When it became obvious for Jimma, located
347km southwest of Addis Abeba, to host one of the biggest music concerts
taking place in the country on September 12, 2007, in honour of the new
Millennium, many residents of the town went cheering late into the night...
More
17 Sep 2007 (Addis Fortune) - When it became obvious for Jimma, located
347km southwest of Addis Abeba, to host one of the biggest music concerts
taking place in the country on September 12, 2007, in honour of the new
Millennium, many residents of the town went cheering late into the night...
More
24 Sep 2007 ( All About Jazz )
"..Typically, Mekurya's saxophone introduces a brief
rhythmo-melodic motif, which is taken up by the rest of
the band and then explored, embellished and deconstructed
over an extended tenor solo which becomes progressively
more free and unhinged.
Throughout, Mekurya plays with a pronounced, rapid
vibrato, which intensifies the incantatory feel of his work.
Trumpet and second saxophone are added on some tracks,
"..Typically, Mekurya's saxophone introduces a brief
rhythmo-melodic motif, which is taken up by the rest of
the band and then explored, embellished and deconstructed
over an extended tenor solo which becomes progressively
more free and unhinged.
Throughout, Mekurya plays with a pronounced, rapid
vibrato, which intensifies the incantatory feel of his work.
Trumpet and second saxophone are added on some tracks,
Getatchew Mekurya: Negus Of Ethiopian Sax
playing stabbing, Stax-like riffs or engaging in collective improvisation with the leader. The electric
keyboards are a riot of otherworldly textures and effects. On one track, “Ambassel,” Mekurya
switches to full-throated clarinet, so wide open it sounds like Sidney Bechet on soprano
saxophone." More
keyboards are a riot of otherworldly textures and effects. On one track, “Ambassel,” Mekurya
switches to full-throated clarinet, so wide open it sounds like Sidney Bechet on soprano
saxophone." More
Kenna: Don't blink
- Neptunes-affiliated artist keeps listeners, and Malcolm Gladwell,
guessing
In his 2005 best-selling book Blink, Malcolm Gladwell devoted a chapter to
the marketing efforts surrounding Kenna Zemedkun, an iconoclastic
Ethiopian-American musician. "Kenna is the sort of person who is
constantly at odds with your expectations, and that is both one of the things
that make him so interesting and one of the things that have made his career
so problematic," wrote Gladwell. More
Sand From the Desert
"..Yohannes Tona grew up in Awassa in southern Ethiopia, the son of a church
organist (his father) and vocalist (his mother). Studying guitar and then bass in
his homeland, he attended Yared, Ethiopia’s lone music school, at sixteen." More
"..Yohannes Tona grew up in Awassa in southern Ethiopia, the son of a church
organist (his father) and vocalist (his mother). Studying guitar and then bass in
his homeland, he attended Yared, Ethiopia’s lone music school, at sixteen." More
Ethiopia - Multiplex cinema opens
26 Nov 2007 ( Nazret ) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Hollywood films that have
made it to the box office are to be screened in Addis the same week as in
US theaters. EDNA Mall, built by Teklebirhan Ambaye Construction
(TACON) at a cost of 134 million birr has a Multiplex, Ethiopia’s first three
screen Movie Theatre complex. More
26 Nov 2007 ( Nazret ) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Hollywood films that have
made it to the box office are to be screened in Addis the same week as in
US theaters. EDNA Mall, built by Teklebirhan Ambaye Construction
(TACON) at a cost of 134 million birr has a Multiplex, Ethiopia’s first three
screen Movie Theatre complex. More
The Ethiopian Millennium Collection
- January 23, 2008 (MIDEM-- Cannes, France) AIT Records, world music's
leading independent label representing Ethiopian contemporary and traditional
music and artists, announces the availability of its newest release, The Ethiopian
Millennium Collection. More
"BOB MARLEY AND HIS VISION OF AFRICAN UNITY"
31 January 2008 ( Jam Base ) - "..There in the capital city of Addis Ababa
three generations of Marleys take part in a 12-hour concert attended by
more than 300,000 people from around the world, with the ultimate..." More
31 January 2008 ( Jam Base ) - "..There in the capital city of Addis Ababa
three generations of Marleys take part in a 12-hour concert attended by
more than 300,000 people from around the world, with the ultimate..." More
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February 1, 2008 ( The New York Times ) - Fundamental issues of
ethnic and religious identity and the agony of exile are at the heart of
“Live and Become,” an intermittently compelling swatch of recent Israeli
history filtered through the experience of an African immigrant. More
ethnic and religious identity and the agony of exile are at the heart of
“Live and Become,” an intermittently compelling swatch of recent Israeli
history filtered through the experience of an African immigrant. More
Digging for Truth in a Life That’s Built Upon a Lie
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The golden age of Ethiopian music
2 May 2008 (The Independent) - "...the Golden Years of Modern
Ethiopian Music, and this essential quality of alien familiarity hits
you from the first note. It's as if Falceto stumbled on a kind of
modern musical equivalent of the Galapagos Islands, where inbound
musical species, immune to the Latin American, Arabic or Asian
influences that dominate the rest of Africa's musical landscape,
mutated into strange and wonderful hybrids, executed with a level
of musicianship that could stand alongside the best in the West. The
quavering vocal style of Muluqen Mellesse, Teshome Meteku,
Seyfou Johannes or Alemayehu Eshete, and sparse jagged
arrangements of Astatqe or Girma Beyene all provoke the same
reaction in the receptive novice:" What on Earth is this?" More
2 May 2008 (The Independent) - "...the Golden Years of Modern
Ethiopian Music, and this essential quality of alien familiarity hits
you from the first note. It's as if Falceto stumbled on a kind of
modern musical equivalent of the Galapagos Islands, where inbound
musical species, immune to the Latin American, Arabic or Asian
influences that dominate the rest of Africa's musical landscape,
mutated into strange and wonderful hybrids, executed with a level
of musicianship that could stand alongside the best in the West. The
quavering vocal style of Muluqen Mellesse, Teshome Meteku,
Seyfou Johannes or Alemayehu Eshete, and sparse jagged
arrangements of Astatqe or Girma Beyene all provoke the same
reaction in the receptive novice:" What on Earth is this?" More
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She requires the eyes to travel
May 25, 2008 (TBG)-" You can lose yourself in painter Julie Mehretu's
monumental canvases the way you might get lost in an unfamiliar city. Don't
fret, just surrender and let the rush of architecture and..."More
May 25, 2008 (TBG)-" You can lose yourself in painter Julie Mehretu's
monumental canvases the way you might get lost in an unfamiliar city. Don't
fret, just surrender and let the rush of architecture and..."More
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MULATU: Ethio Jazz Innovator Breaks Big
July 24 ( Now Toronto ) - The Ethiopian visionary who once brought the
sound of young America to swinging Addis is now doing the reverse More
July 24 ( Now Toronto ) - The Ethiopian visionary who once brought the
sound of young America to swinging Addis is now doing the reverse More
Haile Gerima: An Independent Film Maker
( Black Film Makers ) - " What inspires this filmmaker is a tireless devotion to the
art of independent cinema and the vision of a uniquely innovative cinematic
movement that stresses a symbiotic relationship....More
( Black Film Makers ) - " What inspires this filmmaker is a tireless devotion to the
art of independent cinema and the vision of a uniquely innovative cinematic
movement that stresses a symbiotic relationship....More
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In Ethiopia, Jailed singer is a political symbol
"...Teddy Afro, is being framed because of his music's perceived anti-government
message. In one song, he accuses Ethiopia's leaders of promising change, butMore
"...Teddy Afro, is being framed because of his music's perceived anti-government
message. In one song, he accuses Ethiopia's leaders of promising change, butMore
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