country: Ethiopia

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  blog April 22, 2013

  New Quantic Mixes: 45s from Angola and Ethiopia!

  Quantic (AKA Will Holland) is an excellent collector and selector of old-school styles of African and Afro-diasporic popular music. Although we sometimes wish that he would do a little bit more posting of tracklists, we continue to share his historically … Read more »

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  blog April 3, 2013

  New York African Film Festival: 20th Anniversary Edition

  We are thrilled that it is once again time for the New York African Film Festival to begin dazzling audiences! Showing at the Film Society of Lincoln Center until Tuesday 09 April, programming will continue across town through the end of May. … Read more »

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  blog March 1, 2013

  Teddy Afro Plays New York’s B.B. King

  Having seen Ethiopia’a top-selling pop singer, Tewodros Kassahun–AKA Teddy Afro–pack large hired halls in New York and other American cities, I was not surprised to see him pull a full house for a post-midnight show at the relatively swanky B.B. … Read more »

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  review December 17, 2012

  Guzo

  Although we are definitely little late on this one, albums of quality shouldn’t be allowed to slip under the radar. And Guzo, the newest record from Samuel Yirga, a young Ethiopian pianist/composer whose playing has been making waves in the … Read more »

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  blog September 24, 2012

  Interview with Debo Band’s Danny Mekonnen

  Danny Mekonnen is the founder of Debo Band, a remarkable 12-piece combo—virtually an orchestra—out of Boston. As Danny tells Afropop’s Banning Eyre in this interview, Debo Band draws from a wide range of folkloric, popular, classic and contemporary influences from … Read more »