Ethiopia has a long tradition of jazz going back to the 1920s when Armenian orphans from the massacres in Turkey formed the country’s first official orchestra. American jazz great, Duke Ellington, ...

Addis Acoustic Project, AAP for short, is the three-year-old brainchild of composer and guitarist Girum Mezmur. This acoustic band has revitalised songs from Ethiopia's 50s and 60s repertoire, by ...

Gemma Cairney takes rising British jazz star Nubya Garcia to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa for an Ethio jazz collaboration with local guitarist Girum Mezmur. Show more Nubya Garcia travels to ...

Gemma Cairney takes rising British jazz star Nubya Garcia to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa for an Ethio jazz collaboration with local guitarist Girum Mezmur. Show more Nubya Garcia travels to ...

The Addis Acoustic Project is an ambitious group trying to breathe new life into Ethiopian jazz tunes that hark back to the Fifties. The annual Womex gathering of music professionals invited the ...

Much in the spirit of Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club, this six-piece ensemble from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa breathes new life into the music of a bygone era: the pre-electronic sounds ...

Addis Acoustic Project, AAP for short, is the three-year-old brainchild of composer and guitarist Girum Mezmur. This acoustic band has revitalised songs from Ethiopia’s 50s and 60s repertoire, by ...