Addis Abeba, March 03/2021 – Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music-based entertainment company, announced today thatEthiopia Habtemariam, who has served as President of Motown since 2014, has been elevated to Chairman and CEO of the label, reporting directly to UMG Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge. In connection with …

This article was originally published on June 22/2013.   Zela Gayle “In our own mix we find our true calling”, becomes much more than a description of ‘Mixology’, the masterful debut Album from the young artist Vahe Tilbian in which he reconnects his roots as an Ethiopian, born into one …

  ED’s Note: This article was first published in the June 2013 print edition of  Addis Standard magazine Zela Gayle Addis Abeba, May 25/2018 – “Love” is what “motivates” him to play the piano because “the sound of it is so much related to the feeling of love.” These are …