Publishing the pentatonic piano music of Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the maestro in the monastery whose biography is as extraordinary as her music.

The second and final part of our long-form interview with Amha Eshèté, founder of Amha Records. Ethiopia’s very first independent label recorded the most beautiful sonic era of Swinging Addis.

Amha Eshèté was Ethiopia’s first independent record producer. It is to him that we owe the first recordings (and the following two hundred) of the golden age of Ethiopian music, later resurrected by the famous Éthiopiques series. He confesses it all to PAM in full detail (Part one).

Originally from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Australia, the Music Yared trio brings the ancient musical traditions of East Africa to the contemporary world.

Originally released in 1984, the LP Sons of Ethiopia will be reissued for the first time in vinyl by Frederiksberg Records on July 27th. The members of Admas — composed of Tewodros “Teddy” Aklilu, Henock […]

To Know Without Knowing marks BJX’s and Mulatu Astatke’s second collaborative studio full-length, following Cradle With Humanity in 2016. Mulatu Astatke, famous Ethiopian vibraphonist and father of “ethio-jazz”, is collaborating again with the eight-piece band […]

  In “Hagir Fikir” the masked and mysterious beatmaker Ozferti takes us on an adventure to discover a whole new world with this new track. Before devoting himself entirely to his alias Ozferti, Florian Doucet […]

Ethio-jazz veteran Hailu Mergia has been brought back to life by the label Awesome Tapes From Africa. He returns on the same label with a new album, Yene Mircha. It’s been a long, winding road to […]