Yegenet Muziqa; Shellela; Aha Gedawo; Antchi Hoye; Ambassel; Almaz Yeharerwa; Yene Hassab Gwadegna; Shemonmwanaye; Gofere/Antchi Hoye; Aynotche Terabu; Akale Wube ...

According to guitarist Terrie Hessels of venerable Dutch art-punk band the Ex, Ethiopian saxophonist Getatchew Mekuria died yesterday at age 81, following several years of poor health. Mekuria began ...

Saxophonist Danny Mekonnen was surprised when he realized after settling in Boston five years ago that New England might be where he’d find his musical roots. “I didn’t expect it,” said the ...

Given the considerable number of African Jews living in Ethiopia, it makes perfect cultural sense for Israeli pianist Yitzhak Yedid to team up with Ethiopian sax man and vocalist Abatte Barihun to ...

In an amusing twist, one of the hottest Ethiopian bands going lives in Boston. Led by saxophonist-mastermind Danny Mekonnen, the 11-member Debo Band plays lush, orchestral interpretations of Ethiopian ...

Many of us know the great guitarists of Africa: Mali’s Ali Farka Toure, Guinea’s Sekou “Diamond Fingers” Diabate, the great bass players of South Africa (Bakhiti Kumalo who played with Paul Simon on ...

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 ...

Debo Band is an 11-member Boston-based collective led by Ethiopian-American saxophonist Danny Mekonnen -- and they have caused quite a stir since stealing the show at the South By South West festival ...