“With her latest masterpiece, Meklit has affirmed her place among her childhood heroes: at the shining crossroads of two cultures, making truly moving music.”- PopMatters One week before its release, PopMatters is now streaming Meklit’s amazing new...
OkayAfrica says “You need to hear Meklit’s Ethiopian Cover of The Roots’ classic “You Got Me” (and we completely agree)… New album: “When the People Move, The Music Moves Too” is coming from Six Degrees on June 23rd!...
“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...
Check out Gizmodo’s feature on how Meklit’s song “Supernova” (from her upcoming new release), incorporates actual “star sounds”. The new album, When The People Move, The Music Moves Too is coming from Six Degrees Records on 6/23....
“Take the one-of-kind vocal stylings of Ethio-American jazz musician Meklit, add the genius production talents of Dan Wilson (the Grammy-winning producer behind Adele’s “Someone Like You”) and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird — and you’ve got yourself a serious...
