Hybe America has named former Motown and Universal Publishing top exec Ethiopia Habtemariam as president of music, effective ...

Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience for the last time. Last ...

Mulatu Astatke, 79, pioneer of Ethiopian jazz – the fusion of local music and western jazz is looking to integrate Ethiopian and Turkish music to regale audiences and inspire musicians. Speaking to ...

Mulatu Astatke experienced his musical conversion as a teenager while supposedly studying engineering abroad, mastering piano, vibraphone and Latin percussion in London, Boston and New York. After he ...

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Ethiopia is still recovering from the after effects of civil war and dictatorship. Even though it is now 18 years since the end of Mengistu’s corrupt Marxist regime, the repercussions of draconian ...

TO WESTERN EARS, the music seems both foreign and familiar. Its mood stretches from sultry and haunting to upbeat and vibrant. Soulful Western undertones are audible, yet the overall impression is ...

Motown veteran Ethiopia Habtemariam has been appointed president of music at HYBE America, home to Big Machine, Quality Control Music and more.

HYBE America has tapped veteran music exec Ethiopia Habtemariam as its new President of Music.