Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw has a truly international sound. By mixing jazz, electronica and even dub music elements with traditional Ethiopian styles, Gigi creates upbeat, hopeful music. Her range of ...

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 ...

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" ...

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, ...

After 17 years of cultural repression, Ethiopian music is undergoing a renaissance. At the forefront of this revival is Abyssinia Infinite, a crosscultural collaboration between legendary producer ...

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 ...