Six countries
Country context comes before genre labels, so every recommendation has a musical home.
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Editorial discovery
A human-curated starting point for landmark and contemporary music from Ethiopia, Jamaica, and the wider African diaspora. Open a selection on Spotify, then return to Yaz Mari to explore the archive or create original work.
Country context comes before genre labels, so every recommendation has a musical home.
Heritage selections establish the lineage; contemporary selections show how it continues.
Spotify links are outbound discovery links. Yaz Mari does not restream, remix, or monetize Spotify audio.
Ethio-jazz, golden-age Amharic voices, modern production, and rock fusion.
Mulatu Astatke
Ethio-jazz
Find on SpotifyMahmoud Ahmed
Golden-age Amharic
Find on SpotifyAster Aweke
Amharic soul
Find on SpotifyRophnan
Electronic fusion
Find on SpotifyBetty G
Ethiopian pop
Find on SpotifyJano Band
Ethiopian rock
Find on SpotifySka and rocksteady foundations, roots and dub, then reggae revival voices.
The Skatalites
Ska
Find on SpotifyDesmond Dekker
Rocksteady
Find on SpotifyBob Marley & The Wailers
Roots reggae
Find on SpotifyBurning Spear
Roots reggae
Find on SpotifyChronixx
Reggae revival
Find on SpotifyKoffee
Modern reggae
Find on SpotifyAfrobeat and juju foundations alongside Afrobeats' global contemporary wave.
Fela Kuti
Afrobeat
Find on SpotifyKing Sunny Adé
Juju
Find on SpotifyWizkid
Afrobeats
Find on SpotifyBurna Boy
Afrofusion
Find on SpotifyTems
Alternative R&B
Find on SpotifyHighlife's brass and guitar lineage meeting new Ghanaian pop and rap.
E.T. Mensah
Highlife
Find on SpotifyPat Thomas
Highlife
Find on SpotifyGyakie
Afropop
Find on SpotifyBlack Sherif
Ghanaian drill
Find on SpotifyTownship jazz and pop history through house, amapiano, and global pop.
Miriam Makeba
Afropop
Find on SpotifyHugh Masekela
South African jazz
Find on SpotifyBrenda Fassie
Kwaito pop
Find on SpotifyMaster KG feat. Nomcebo Zikode
House
Find on SpotifyTyla
Amapiano pop
Find on SpotifyMbalax, Afro-Cuban orchestration, and songwriting from Dakar outward.
Orchestra Baobab
Afro-Cuban
Find on SpotifyYoussou N'Dour
Mbalax
Find on SpotifyBaaba Maal
West African fusion
Find on SpotifyWally B. Seck
Mbalax pop
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