Ethiopian funk invades Washington as Debo welcomes lounge lizards to the Kennedy Center’s Atrium on the Roof Terrace level for an extraordinary happy hour. The energetic Boston-based band founded by ...
When local jazz venues reopened after the pandemic, one name was conspicuously absent from their show calendars: the Either/Orchestra, the Boston band whose daring but swinging approach has earned it ...
Of course, you would have to do it in the native language, because that music is Ethiopian property, not French or Dutch." Buda's Etiopiques and Terrie's own label Terp Records have been picking up ...
The overthrow of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie in 1974 led to violent conflict that had a particularly heavy impact on musicians. Sing and Sing On: Sentinel Musicians and the Making of the ...