Meklit

Meklit Hadero is an Ethio-American singer/songwriter whose enchanting music combines jazz, folk, and soul, with an emphasis on Ethio-jazz and the traditions of her East African heritage. After debuting in 2010, she built up an international profile, serving as a Senior TED Fellow and spearheading the Arba Minch Collective the Nile Project. Amid various artist residencies and commissions, Meklit released genre-diverse albums like 2014's We Are Alive and 2017's ambitious When the People Move, The Music Moves Too which featured the Preservation Hall Horns and fiddler Andrew Bird....