His legendary jazz fused American style and Cuban rhythms with East Africa’s pentatonic scales. Now, at age 82, Mulatu ...

With organizers projecting more than 3,000 attendees each day, the three-day festival underscores Addis Ababa’s growing stature within the global jazz conversation. Long regarded as the birthplace of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. [Mulatu Astatke] Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience. Last month ...

On Nov. 9, around 200 people packed into the Signet Society for the second annual Ethio-Jazz Soiree, hosted and organized by Harvard’s Eritrean and Ethiopian Students Association (EESA). Enlivened ...

The October issue of Selamta, Ethiopian Airlines’ inflight magazine, featured an exclusive interview with Mulatu Astatke, the architect of EthioJazz. The ...

The Ethiopian jazz great will perform at the Howard Theatre on June 23 and 24. Most of us don’t think of music as a science. Mulatu Astatke, the Ethiopian vibraphonist who created the style known as ...

The composer imagined his music more than 40 years ago. Known as the father of "Ethio-jazz", Astatke has been credited with creating a new genre... After 40 Years, Mulatu Astatke Still 'Sketches' ...

In the noisy sea of interchangeable garage bands and laptop projects, Austin-based Afro-psych outfit Golden Dawn Arkestra is exactly as advertised: otherworldly. The 13-piece band, replete with horns, ...

ZENA, comprised of Yohan Kebede and bassist/producer Menelik, have announced the forthcoming release of their debut EP ...

Anyone who has made multiple visits to Goa, where they formed the Goa Afrobeat Band—as Tel Aviv-based guitarist and composer Tal Sandman has done—is self-evidently on the right team. Sandman lives in ...

Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience. Last month in London, the 82-year-old pioneer, who has done much to bring his blend of musical ...