Hear an unusual session today with Hailu Mergia, a keyboard player and Ethiopian music star who now lives in the U.S. He came to World Cafe's attention through Awesome Tapes From Africa, the website ...

Beirut is on tour now in support of this year’s No No No on 4AD, and that tour lands at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall tonight (10/1). They’ve got a pretty special guest opening tonight’s show and a few ...

In Ethiopia, the Amharic word “tizita” conveys varying meanings but all of them have deep emotional resonance. The word can mean a specific melody or the sense of nostalgia that is connected to that ...

Ethiopian one-man funk band Hailu Mergia got some deserved attention for the reissue of his 1985 album, Hailu Mergia and His Classical Instrument, last year, and that led to him coming to NYC where he ...

Sometimes a story comes full circle in the most unexpected way. Ethiopian keyboard and accordion maestro, Hailu Mergia, has enjoyed a well-deserved renaissance with the reissues of his classic albums ...

In the 1970s, keyboard player Hailu Mergia performed in one of Ethiopia’s best-known jazz/funk ensembles, Walias Band. But after a tour of the United States, Mergia decided to settle down permanently ...

The Hilton Addis Ababa has long been a prime gathering spot for international notables and local sophisticates, and if you spent any time investigating its nightlife scene in the early ’70s, you might ...

While Mulatu Astatke is the musician most widely associated with the creation of Ethio-jazz, fellow keyboardist Hailu Mergia is among other significant figures. Astatke is best known overseas because ...

He’s carried his music around the planet, but if you want to hear him play it, you have to go to his house. In his living room, there’s an upright piano where he coaches his fingertips through jazz ...

Hailu Mergia, a keyboard player and Ethiopian music star who lives in the U.S., will get you anywhere you need to go in our nation's capital. Hailu Mergia On World Cafe Hailu Mergia On World Cafe ...

Every day I talk to artists about the winding and sometimes tricky roads they travel to make a career in music. But I've never heard a "how-I-got-here" story quite as remarkable as the one that ...