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

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...

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

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 ...