In Ethiopia, Ambassel Music and Video Shop perservered throughout the bitter '70s and '80s - through political repression, cu...

Ethiopia in the popular mind is associated with the Amhara people, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the distinctive Ge'ez, or E...

The azmari is the Ethiopian equivalent of the West African griot - a troubadour, a truth-teller and "court jester" all in o...

Many many thanks to Andreas Wetter for translating the liner notes of 4 ዝናኞች ሲያዳምጡ በልብዎ ላይ ሰላምና ፍቅር ያገኛሉ - When You Listen to the 4 Fam...

I suspect Mahmoud Ahmed needs no introduction here - he's arguably Ethiopia's best-known musician thanks to his momentous recording ...

If you're a fan of Aster Aweke or Kuku Sebsebe , you'll no doubt enjoy this cassette by Ethiopian vocalist Martha Ashagari. Ärä Bak...

Note: This post was updated on December 30, 2008 and January 19, 2009. Get ready for another blast of raw, uncompromising Ethiopian funk, ...

In an earlier post I wrote of the brilliant Ethiopian singer Tilahun Gessesse , posted a couple of songs from a recent CD, and promised I...

As I explained in "Digital Ethiopia Pt. 1, " the last decade and a half have seen an explosion of Ethiopian musical releases recor...

Back in the '80s Ethiopian music was extremely hard to come by outside of Ethiopia. Mahmoud Ahmed's brilliant Ere Mela Mela was r...

As part of this blog's ongoing effort to bring to light obscure and hard-to-find recordings from Ethiopia , I present a 1992 cassette, M...

Note: This post was updated and revised on July 29, 2008 and on September 19, 2009. I wrote this on June 15, 2008: Here's another ...