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Ethiopia's centuries-old traditional dress weaving craft under threat

Ethiopian dressmakers, who produce the East African nation's popular long, white 'habesha kemis' dresses by hand, are pessimistic about the future of this centuries-old trade amidst economic woes and ...
Times Colonist

Abandoned dogs in Ethiopia's capital get little care. A woman wants to change that

Feven Melesein, 29-years-old, holds a dog that was abandoned on the streets of the capital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Among ...
Paste

10 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (October 9, 2025)

At Paste Music, we’re listening to so many new tunes on any given day, we barely have any time to listen to each other. Nevertheless, every week we can swing it, we take stock of the previous seven ...
NPR

Meklit Hadero discusses her album, 'A Piece of Infinity,' a nod to her Ethiopian roots

The music artist Meklit Hadero has lived in the U.S. since she left Ethiopia decades ago. (SOUNDBITE OF MEKLIT HADERO SONG, "LEFEQER ENEGEZA") MEKLIT HADERO: After the Ethiopian Revolution, there were ...
The Sun

Hilarious moment Perrie’s 4 year old son SWEARS in song lyrics – before Little Mix star is cruelly mum-shamed

Perrie revealed her very exciting pregnancy news earlier this month LITTLE Mix star Perrie Edwards has been cruelly mum shamed after her four-year-old Axel swore along to her song lyrics. The pregnant ...
Yahoo

Jake Worthington Revives Traditional Country Sounds on ‘When I Write The Song’: ‘I Like My Music To Sound Like Live Music’

When Jake Worthington performed at the Grand Ole Opry recently, he brought a special guest with him —a bit of family history, as he played his late grandfather’s guitar, while standing on the famed ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1964, a British Band Turned a Traditional American Song Into the First Folk Rock No. 1–Inspiring Bob Dylan To Go Electric

On this day (September 5) in 1964, The Animals topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “House of the Rising Sun.” The song, an arrangement of a traditional American folk song, occupied the top spot for ...
MarketWatch

With the traditional mix of stocks and bonds now riskier, here are ways to diversify, says BlackRock

The profile of traditional investment portfolios has become riskier, with the current market regime undermining its past diversification benefits and necessitating a rethink around allocations, ...
The Nation Newspaper

‘Why I combine traditional songs with Fuji’

Fuji musician, Alhaji Ganiu Taiwo Ajani aka Taye Cellular is set to hold a double celebration – to celebrate his 30th year on stage and his 45th birthday anniversary. Taye Cellular, an indigene of ...
People

Aimee Song Shares All the Details from Son Milo's 'Really Special' First Birthday Party with Traditional Doljanchi (Exclusive)

The fashion influencer worked with Minted to help with all the details of her little one's big day Jacopo Moschin and Dani Song Aimee Song is celebrating her son Milo's first birthday with a ...
The Quietus

Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Summer, by Patrick Clarke

Patrick Clarke's guide to the best in strange, left-field and underground traditional music returns, with reviews of 10 essential new releases that take in everything from Irish fairy forts to ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Arnhem Land's Bulman School turns traditional stories into songs

In the school yard at Bulman in the Northern Territory's central Arnhem Land, a group of boys are practising drums and clapping sticks while a barramundi cooks over coals nearby. They are preparing to ...