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Girma Bèyènè
47,787 listeners
Girma Beyene was one of the arrangers who made the Ethiopian music of the Golden Era different than the music of today. He was a lyricist, a…
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ADMAS
35,764 listeners
Admas were an Ethiopian-American jazz group from Washington, DC. They released their only studio album Sons of Ethiopia in 1984, and it was…
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Teddy Afro
5,582 listeners
Teddy Afro (in Amharic: ቴዲ አፍሮ; real name: Tewodros Kassahun, in Amharic: ቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁን) is an Ethiopian music sensation and one of the most…
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Aster Aweke
17,532 listeners
Aster Aweke (Amharic: አስቴር አወቀ) is an Ethiopian singer who lives in the United States.
Born in 1961(though some sources cite the late fifties),…
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Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
34,333 listeners
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (ፅጌ ማርያም ገብሩ), born Yewubdar Gebru , Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, December 12, 1923, was an Ethiopian pianist and composer.…
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Tlahoun Gèssèssè
19,612 listeners
Tlahoun Gèssèssè (Amharic: ጥላሁን ገሠሠ) also Tilahun Gessesse (September 29, 1940 – April 19, 2009) was an Ethiopian singer regarded as one of the…
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Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw
9,638 listeners
Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw is one of the most successful contemporary Ethiopian singers worldwide.
Ejigayenuh 'GiGi' Shibabaw was born in rural…
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Alemu Aga
6,960 listeners
Alemu Aga (b. 1950) is an Ethiopian musician and singer, a master of the bèguèna.
Born in Entotta, near Addis Ababa, Alemu became interested in the…
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Meklit
7,974 listeners
Meklit (born Meklit Hadero) is an Ethiopian-born singer and songwriter based in San Francisco, California. She is known for her soulful performing…
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Badume's Band
7,463 listeners
Badume's Band is a French ethio-jazz group, originally from Brittany. Its members come from the jazz, funk and traditional Breton scene. The…
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Tamrat Desta
1,485 listeners
Tamrat Desta (born 1978) is an Ethiopian singer and vocalist. He was born in a small town called Tiqur Wuha, located between the two larger towns…
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The Roha Band
7,563 listeners
The Roha Band
When the Ibex Band disbanded in 1979, three of its members – Selam Seyoum, Giovanni Rico and Fekadu Amdemeskel – joined with Dawit… -
Ali Mohammed Birra
5,353 listeners
Ali Birra (born September 29, 1947) is a famous Oromo singer, composer, poet and nationalist. He was born in Ganda Kore village in the city of Dire…
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Tèwèldè Rèdda
7,273 listeners
A distinguished krar (lyre) player, Tèwèldè Rèdda is also a pioneering guitarist, with a highly individual sound and phrasing. Tèwèldè joined the…
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Asnaqètch Wèrqu
3,509 listeners
Asnaqètch Wèrqu made her name as one of Ethiopia’s first screen actresses in the 1950s. Then for 30 years she won people’s lasting respect…