Ceremonial chants and electric organs

Plus a track from a new collection of works by Teodros Makonnen, whose electric organ helped shape the direction of music in ...
ARTISTdirect

Mirakilouz Beatz: Kumasi Producer Builds African Production Brand and Drives Talent Development at Tieme Music Distribution

In the rhythmic heart of Kumasi, a producer named Agyey Mensah Miracle—better known as Mirakilouz Beatz—has turned his studio ...
The Conversation

Ethiopia‑Eritrea tensions over Red Sea port have turned the Tigray peace deal into a political weapon

The large-scale war between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray regional government forces ended in November 2022 with the signing of the Pretoria Agreement. The two sides agreed that the ...
Billboard

Ethiopia Habtemariam Joins HYBE America as President of Music

'This is a company building with intention ... while staying deeply connected to culture,' says the former Motown Records chairwoman and CEO. By Gail Mitchell Ethiopia Habtemariam is stepping back ...
Detroit Free Press

Arts, Beats & Eats 2026 music: Third Eye Blind, Kool & the Gang, more

More than 200 performances on a record 11 stages will hit Royal Oak this Labor Day weekend for the latest installment of the Arts, Beats & Eats festival. Third Eye Blind, Kool & the Gang, Chris Young ...
Al Jazeera English

Ethiopian prime minister’s party easily wins parliamentary election

Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party has comfortably won another parliamentary majority in this month’s elections, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed set to keep the top job. The Nobel Peace Prize winner had been ...
CNN

Ethiopia’s PM won a Nobel Peace Prize, stoked a civil war - and is set for re-election

When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control. His predecessor ...
Foreign Affairs

The War in Ethiopia Isn’t Over

A few months after coming to power in April 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal to end a decades-long insurgency in the country’s Oromia region. The same summer, he struck a ...
Human Rights Watch

Ethiopia: Persecution of Tigrayans Unrelenting

Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and severely restricting their movements, employment, and access to services. The ...
techtimes

SoundCloud Rap Producers Guide: Type Beats, Auto-Tune & Viral Track Culture

SoundCloud rap producers play a major role in shaping the modern underground rap scene, creating beats that help unknown artists gain massive attention online. With tools like FL Studio and auto-tune ...
Wall Street Journal

Troops Mass as Landlocked Ethiopia Chases Access to the Sea

KAMPALA, Uganda—Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has made no secret of his desire to restore his country’s access to the sea, which it lost in 1993 when Eritrea broke away after a 30-year war, ...
nytimes.com

Ethiopia’s Demand for Red Sea Access Drives Fears of New War With Eritrea

Both sides have moved troops toward their shared border, while Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of occupying part of its territory. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Nairobi Last weekend, Ethiopia’s ...