When the band QWANQWA takes the stage of the BU Global Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 17, it’ll be making its Boston debut — as are five of the other groups playing the free event. But if the ...

Last week’s Africa Day was an occasion to celebrate the diversity of the continent’s culture, through a music showcase in Addis Ababa, headquarters of the Africa Union, 60 years to the birth of its ...

DJ and cultural consultant Zezi Ifore travels to Addis Ababa to discover 'Ethiopyawi Electronic', an elusive avant-garde scene eagerly showcased by recent Western media. Once on the ground, she ...

ADDIS ABABA: Mulatu Astatke struggled for decades before his name became associated worldwide with a musical genre and he was finally born as the father of Ethio-jazz. Now despite that long journey ...