The PARC | ፓርክ
Part of what makes the local music industry challenging is the lack of spaces where artists can fully commit to their art. If there are spaces available,…
Ethiopian Culture
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Agelgil Studio | አገልግል ስቱዲዮ
Launched in September 2019, Agelgil Studios is an Ethiopian record label focused on discovering, empowering and managing talented Ethiopian musicians and producers of all styles of music.…
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Music Consumption | የሙዚቃ ፍጆታ
A few years back, it would have been common to see someone fogging a CD and wiping it to ensure it plays clean. Not long before that,…
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Music Promotion | የሙዚቃ ማስተዋወቅ
In the digital world, music promotion is more than just about the music. It’s also about the artist behind the music. And when people come into play,…
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Managers and Artists | ማኔጀሮች እና አርቲስቶች
The manager is responsible for contacting potential venues and promoters, marketing and social media, liaising with others, paperwork, managing accounts, networking, artistic direction, connecting with fans, negotiating…
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Music Production | የሙዚቃ ፕሮዳክሽን
The road to music production is the best kept secret in the Ethiopian music industry. “Well, you just make music,” is the general rhetoric. Perhaps it’s not…
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Becomeing a Music Professional | ሙዚቀኛ እንዴት ነው ባለሙያ የሚሆነው?
In the quest to understand how young musicians become professionals, one is first confronted by the question of what makes a professional. Most musicians seem to have…
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Music Education | የሙዚቃ ትምህርት
We live in a fast-paced and ever-changing world, where the advent of the internet is opening doors and opportunities for people from all walks of life. Technology…
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Ethiopian Pottery and Handicrafts
Handicrafts and their creator’s stories mirror Ethiopian history and the industry today. The artisans produced essential items for sustenance (think of the injera clay plate). Still, they…
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What the Wise Awakens To | Ethiopian Short Film
“What the wise awakens to” is a short animation film made from individually hand-painted frames. The narration of the film is based on the famous allegory of…
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God in Art | Ethiopian Art
Given our history, you wouldn’t be surprised to find out that religion plays a huge role in the daily lives of Ethiopians. A country where a good…
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Yonael Marga | Chereka | Ethiopian Fashion
somewhere, a woman wraps a thin black see-through fabric on the twin buns of a girl seated underneath her feet. somewhere in time, an empress extends her…
