Through Francois Falcetto's series Ethiopiques, many Westerners have discovered the transfixing beauty of '70s Ethiopian fusion. Record collectors of the hip-hop generation first discovered the music ...

The Boston band's debut album both honors and updates the sound of "swinging Addis," the Ethiopian capital in the late '60s and early '70s. Boston's Debo Band takes inspiration from a golden era of ...

Entertainment An African Funk Pioneer Gets a Second Chance on a Global Stage FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — When Hailu Mergia releases his album “Lala Belu” on Friday, it will be this Ethiopian piano luminary ...

In the 2008 Ethiopian film “Teza,” the protagonist returns from Germany a broken man after his medical career is cut short by a hate crime. At the conclusion of the Haile Gerima-directed movie, an ...

Compared to a club of dancing fans, a humid and sunny Austin afternoon isn't the ideal setting for a Debo Band performance. But it didn't take... Compared to a dark club full of dancing fans, a muggy ...

This week’s must-see L.A. shows include Ethiopian-inspired jazz, old school punk, and retro-modern G-Funk.

The music artist Meklit Hadero has lived in the U.S. since she left Ethiopia decades ago. (SOUNDBITE OF MEKLIT HADERO SONG, "LEFEQER ENEGEZA") MEKLIT HADERO: After the Ethiopian Revolution, there were ...