Brava Presents
Meklit :: ETHIO-BLUE EP Release Show
with opening set by LoCura trio featuring Tarik "Excentrik" Kazaleh
Saturday, March 9, 2024
at 8:00pm on Brava’s Main Stage
Doors open at 7:30pm
Meklit will be celebrating the release of her new EP Ethio Blue, produced by renowned multi GRAMMY winner Dan Wilson (Jon Batiste, Leon Bridges, John Legend). Nearly five years in the making, Meklit wrote most of these songs while pregnant, and recorded both in Los Angeles, and at San Francisco's own Women's Audio Mission. Opening the performance will be Oakland-based, LoCura trio.
Schedule
Doors | 7:30p
LoCura trio | 8:00p
Meklit | 8:50pm
Meklit Hadero is an Ethiopian-American vocalist, songwriter, and composer, known for her electric stage presence, innovative sound and vibrant cultural activism. Her Ethio-Jazz music has taken her to renowned stages across four continents and her collaborations have stretched from Kronos Quartet to Preservation Hall.
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Press
“...if you have any doubts that the musical styles of East Africa and the Bay Area can be melded with equal parts grit and grace, she’ll knock them right out of you with vocals, horns and percussion — such exhilarating, heartbeat-propelling percussion — by the time the first chorus comes around.”
“Captivating”
“An artistic giant in the early stages... She is stunning.”
ABout
Photo by Lexmex
Meklit is an Ethio-American vocalist, songwriter and composer known for her electric stage presence and innovative, deeply personal Ethio-Jazz songs.
Her performances have taken her around the world, from Addis Ababa - where she is a full blown star - to San Francisco, NYC, Chicago, Nairobi, Cairo, Montreal, London, Zurich, Rome, Helsinki and many more. Meklit’s latest album “When the People Move, the Music Moves Too” was named amongst the best records of the year by Bandcamp and The Sunday Times UK, climbing to the top of the iTunes, NACC, and European World Charts.
Meklit is a National Geographic Explorer, a TED Senior Fellow, and a former Artist-in-Residence at Harvard University. She has collaborated with folks like Kronos Quartet, Andrew Bird, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and musical legend Pee Wee Ellis. She has also been commissioned to create new work by Lincoln Center, MAP Fund, the Center for Cultural Innovation, Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington, Montgomery College and more.
Meklit is the co-founder, host and co-producer of Movement, a new podcast and live show telling stories of music and migration, which debuted in a nationally syndicated broadcast on PRX’s The World. She is the co-founder of the Nile Project, a featured voice in the UN Women theme song and the winner of the 2021 globalFEST Artist Award. Meklit’s music has been featured in the New York Times, BBC, CNN, NPR, Washington Post, Vibe Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe and many more. She holds a BA in Political Science from Yale University.
LoCura trio mixes Latin styles like Rumba Flamenca and Cumbia, with Afro-Cuban rhythms and Ska together in a brand they've dubbed 'Califas Canto'. Born in Oakland in 2005, LoCura has kept true to its roots with the Cajón drum as the heart of the music and Rumba Flamenca as its pulse.
Tickets
$25 - $45 (sliding scale)
fees not included