Despite a star-packed backing band boasting Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Pharaoh Sanders, Gigi owed its success on the European world music charts to Ethiopian singer Ejigayehu “Gigi” Shibabaw.

Little of what we know as popular music could exist without the influence, however far removed, of folk music from Africa. Blues, jazz, rock and all the subcategories that sprang from them have ...

The fourth and most engaging chapter in producer/mixmaster/bassist extraordinaire Bill Laswell's ever-inventive ambient-dub series for ROIR has a twist in the form of Ethiopian vocalist Ejigayehu… By ...

The 19-volume Ethiopiques series has worked wonders to boost Ethiopian music in the West, but most of the titles focus on the music’s golden age–the late 60s and early 70s–and contemporary pop from ...

The war-torn countries of the horn of Africa don't have much to export, but they have sent abroad some extraordinary female singers, including Aster Aweke, Maryam Mursal and now Ejigayehu Shibabaw, ...

Ethiopian singer collaborates with musicians from around the world under the direction of Bill Laswell to create an eclectic, dub-based fusion. Save this story Save this story Ejigayehu "Gigi" ...

Serj Tankian of System of a Down, Efrem Schulz of Death By Stereo, Saul Williams, Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw, Maura Davis, Bad Acid Trip, Azam Ali and others have joined forces with the legendarily KFC ...