Ethiopian Taxi Driver, Keyboardist Reinvents Music Career

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voanews
Publisher:
VOA News
Publication Date:
30 August 2013
Tags:
Ethiopia, Arts, Culture and Entertainment

One of the most popular keyboardists in Ethiopia is now a taxi driver here in Washington. In the 1970s, Hailu Mergia performed with a famous band in Ethiopia. In 1981, he toured the United States with that band and then settled in Washington. But he kept his name and music alive in Ethiopian communities worldwide by producing his own recordings. Now one of those cassettes, from nearly 30 years ago, has been reissued after it was discovered in a music store in Ethiopia.

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