Friday 27 March, 9pm onwards – Grand opening of Dorobo Bar, with DJs, MCs, live jamming and visuals. Powered by Dragon Slayer Sound System. Free entry Bole Olympia, behind Getu Commercial near Talk of the Town Addis Ababa Facebook here.
While we were in Gondar, we interviewed Ato Zelalem Fisseha, founder and owner of a well-known local music outlet, the Fasil Music Shop. Interviewer: Nuhamin Daniel Translation: Betsy Redi Ato Zelalem Fisseha: I came into this line of work in 1974 EC [1981 AD]. I worked in this profession from…
The Kaffa region is an area of dense rolling hills located in the southwest of Ethiopia. We met musicians from the region in Bonga town. Bonga town is a colourful melange in a muddy slop, full of twisted corrugated iron, slapped up in the middle of a tropical jungle. The…
