Teddy’s new video comes out this week
Posted on 5 June 2012 | 4:14 pm
(Source: Capital Ethiopia) – Just as the viral buzz over Teddy Afro’s Easter album “Tikur Sew,” begins to wane he will come out with a video of the hit title track this week, June 5.The 7 min and 20 second epic reportedly cost close to half a million birr, and features 420 people 32 horses, [...]

Amha Eshete & Contribution of Amha Records to Modern Ethiopian Music
Posted on 1 June 2012 | 7:54 pm
(Source – tadias.com) – Five decades ago, when the Italian owner of the only record store in Addis Ababa could not keep up with growing local demand for more music variety, an Ethiopian music enthusiast named Amha Eshete opened his own shop. “I ended up opening the first music shop owned by a native Ethiopian, [...]

ZEFEN.NET celebrates the life and works of the late Chalachew Ashenafi
Posted on 30 May 2012 | 9:41 pm
Singer and masenqo (single string fiddle) player Chalachew Ashenafi moved at a young age from Debre Tabor to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. There he played mainly in the barcircuit and during weddings until he became popular by circulating his own records during unique performances. In 2009, he released his latest album title ” Gerager” which is [...]

ቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁንና አዲካ ተስማሙ
Posted on 20 May 2012 | 11:50 am
(Source: Reporter) - “ጥቁር ሰው” አልበም ሊመረቅ ነው በድምፃዊ ቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁን (ቴዲ አፍሮ) እና በአዲካ ኮሙዩኒኬሽንና ኢቨንትስ ኩባንያ መካከል ተፈጥሮ የነበረው አለመግባባት መፈታቱን ምንጮች ገለጹ፡፡ አለመግባባቱ የተፈታው በሽምግልና ሲሆን ቴዎድሮስ ያነሳቸውን የቅሬታ ሐሳቦች በሙሉ በመሰረዝ፣ ከአዲካ ዋና ባለድርሻና ዳይሬክተር አቶ አዋድ መሐመድ ጋር መግባባት ላይ መድረሱን ለጉዳዩ ቅርበት ያላቸው ምንጮች ገልጸዋል፡፡ የተፈጠረውን መግባባት ተከትሎ በግንቦት ወር [...]

How Ethiopian Music Went Global: Interview with Francis Falceto
Posted on 19 May 2012 | 11:36 am
(Source: Tadias Magazine) – In November 1987, when Francis Falceto, an editor with the French label Buda Musique, traveled to Washington, D.C. to finalize a licensing deal with Ethiopian producer Amha Eshete, owner of Amha Records who held the rights to the treasure trove of Ethiopian music from the 1960′s and 1970′s – little did he know that it [...]

Debo Band: Ethiopian Funk On A Muggy Afternoon
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:48 pm
(Source: NPR) – Compared to a dark club full of dancing fans, a humid and sunny Austin afternoon at Joe’s Crab Shack isn’t the ideal setting for a Debo Band performance. But once the group began digging into “Ney Ney Weleba,” it didn’t take long to get caught up in Debo Band’s deep, infectious groove. [...]

የቴዲ አፍሮ አልበም ሽያጭ ሬከርድ አስመዘገበ
Posted on 21 April 2012 | 5:04 pm
(Source: Reporter) – ባለፈው ሳምንት ቅዳሜ የተለቀቀው የቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁን (ቴዲ አፍሮ) ‹‹ጥቁር ሰው›› አልበም በ300 ሺሕ ሲዲና በ120 ሺሕ ካሴት ሽያጭ፣ በአጠቃላይ ከሳምንት ባነሰ ጊዜ ውስጥ አሥር ሚሊዮን ብር ገደማ በማስገባት፣ በኢትዮጵያ ሙዚቃ ኢንዱስትሪ ታሪክ አዲስ ሬከርድ ማስመዝገቡ ታወቀ፡፡ ሽያጩ የተመዘገበው አልበሙን ከአዲካ ኮሙዩኒኬሽንና ኢቨንትስ ተቀብለው በማከፋፈል እየሸጡ ካሉት ከኤሌክትራና ከአምባሰል ሙዚቃ ቤቶች፣ እንዲሁም ከጣና [...]

Bole Bole
Posted on 14 April 2012 | 1:36 am
Bole Bole is a funky techno number that seeks to marry contemporary electronic music with mainstream Ethiopian rhythms. Check it out.

Samuel Yirga: Piano virtuoso
Posted on 14 October 2011 | 1:53 pm
(Source: Real World Records) – Samuel Yirga’s musical life so far has been full of obstacles: social restrictions, family regulations, hurdles thrown up by the reality of life. Yet in the face of all of this, the young and gifted pianist who grew up in the capital of Ethiopia and the centre of the heady [...]

Steve Jobs’s 2005 Stanford commencement speech
Posted on 8 October 2011 | 5:43 am
Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself — at the university’s 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.