Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 8—WORTHINGTON — This year's International Festival will feature a brand new music act that will do its best to cover as many ...

The International and Global Studies Program and Italian Program will host acclaimed writer, performer and musician Gabriella Ghermandi for two events on Monday and Tuesday, April 20-21.

Left: Ayalew Mesfin [Photo by Hannah Brooks]. Right: Hailu Mergia [Photo courtesy of the artist] For many people outside of the Habesha community, their first experience with Ethiopian music came from ...

Veronica Adane has quickly established herself as one of Ethiopia’s most dynamic contemporary artists, skillfully blending ...

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 ...

Ethiopians are experiencing a dire moment. They face escalating violence and a worsening humanitarian crisis, and many live in fear of giving voice to their political thoughts. But the African country ...

Every Friday from 2016 until recently in a small, second-floor room of the Crystal City restaurant Enjera, Ethiopian guitarist Selam Seyoum Woldemariam has led his trio through minor key, ...

Ethiopian jazz master Mulatu Astatke took a break from his extensive 2018 European concert tour to play at the 19th Cape Town International Jazz Festival. This should come as no surprise given that he ...

Fifteen first-graders encircled one of their classmates on a colorful rug in a Maryland classroom, trilling a children’s song in a language unfamiliar to most of them. Ro-za ro-zeenuh, ro-za shuko-ree ...

Zena is a London-born duo composed of Kokoroko keyboardist Yohan Kebede and bassist Menelik. Informed by their shared Ethiopian heritage, they mix traditional Ethiopian sounds with an eclectic range ...

Ethiopia's most popular musician Teddy Afro recently released a song criticizing the country's prime minister. And while the singer never mentions the prime minister by name, the implication is clear.