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Hailu Mergia (ET) | Musikcaféen at Huset-kbh
Courtesy of JazzDanmark | Posted on May 23, 2020
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Sat, September 19, 2020
04:00
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Hailu Mergia releases Yene Mircha, a new collection of songs featuring an expanded band and new original compositions, building on the worldwide success of his comeback album Lala Belu.
It has been a long, winding road to Hailu Mergia's sixth decade of musical activity. From a young musician in the 60s starting out in Addis Ababa to the 70s golden age of dance bands to the new hope as an emigre in America to the drier period of the 90s and 2000s when he mainly played keyboard in his taxi while waiting in the airport queue or at home with friends. More recently, with the reissue of his classic works and a re-assessment of his role in Ethiopian music history, Mergia has played to audiences big and small in some of the most cherished venues around the world....