Listen "Singer-Songwriter Meklit Embeds Ethiopian Traditions and Connects Cultures, In-Studio"
Episode Synopsis
The singer Meklit, born Meklit Hadero in Ethiopia, is based in the Bay Area, where she has released a number of albums that blend jazz, pop, and soul with the echoes of Ethiopian pop. Her latest album, A Piece of Infinity, finds Meklit singing mostly in Amharic, and looking back to what is sometimes called the Golden Age of Ethiopian music – the time in the early 70s when Latin music, American funk, and traditional Ethiopian scales and rhythms all came together. Meklit and her band perform some of these new songs, in-studio. 1. Ambassel 2. Tizita 3. Geefata
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