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Meklit
Soul / Acoustic / Roots Music

"www.meklithadero.com"

SAN FRANCISCO, California
United States

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Last Login:  7/27/2008
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   Meklit: General Info
Member Since12/28/2005
Band Websiteredpoppyarthouse.org/residentartists
Band Membersit's a revolving cast.... my co-conspirators include- todd brown (guitar) - (BY THE WAY- todd write the music for the nefasha ayer song, tuhnesu, which has been up on my page forever.... i wrote the lyrics and main melody), eliyahu sills (upright bass, ney), jesse hix (upright bass), aaron "babycakes" kierbel (percussion), charith premawardhana (viola), riaz abdullah (piano), darren johnston (trumpet), eugene warren (upright bass) and more!
Influencesstevie wonder--for everything, tom sway-- for teaching me to write songs!, nina simone--for her spells, lila downs -- for her infinite vocal textures, bob dylan--for his poetry, otis redding-- for his longing, virginia rodgrigues--for her vastness of sound and those soaring sustains.... but everything impresses something on you.... feel like i pick up fragments from near everywhere.
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 3 2008 9:00P
Nefasha Ayer at the Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, California
Jul 11 2008 8:00P
Meklit and the Nice Guy Trio with Smith Dobson San Francisco, California
Jul 13 2008 4:30P
Nefasha Ayer at the Redwood Grove in the Berkeley Botanical Gardens Berkeley, California
Sep 13 2008 8:00P
Nefasha Ayer at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco

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for the curious: the difference between meklit hadero and nefasha ayer  (view more)

Meklit on the KPFA Morning Show - 11/29/07  (view more)

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   About Meklit
Meklit Hadero is a singer, musician, arts organizer and Director & Resident Artist at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco. Born in Ethiopia, Meklit has since lived in twelve cities, on three continents, and brings her international, inter-cultural experience to all her creative work. As a solo artist writing original compositions, Meklit draws on her folk, blues, and Ethiopian roots to create her songs. Lyrically focused with intimate, spare arrangements, her music imparts a kind of tenderness towards life, a sweetness that soars. Meklit considers herself an 'artist-musician,' bringing together visual arts with music whenever possible, and working interdisciplinarily and collaboratively to create fully rounded performance experiences.

In April of 2007, the Red Poppy Art House received a grant from the San Francisco Foundation and the Fund for Artists to commission a group of musicians, including Meklit, on the composition of a body of music titled Nefasha Ayer: The Space of In-between. This in-progress body of music explores a transcontinental odyssey of multiple characters that find themselves caught between national identities, cultures, and politics, and brings together traditional Ethiopian rhythms and melodies with Jazz and Hip-hop. Meklit is also being commissioned to write music by the Brava Theater Company for the new Brian Thorstenson play, "Over the Mountain," which tells the story of artists and dissidents who disappear in politically tumultuous times. The play will premier in April of 2009.

In December of 2007, Meklit released a limited edition pressing of her first recording, titled "Eight Songs," which was produced by Eric Moffat. Seventeen Bay Area artists, including Adrian Arias, Caleb Duarte, Juan Carlos Quintana, Todd Brown, Michelle Muennig, Tania Padilla, Clara Cheeves, Ella Noe, Ashlee Ferlito, Carlos Castillo, Indira Urrutia, Luis Vasquez-Gomez, and Meklit herself, handpainted/collaged/created the covers for this edition. Each individual album is a unique piece of artwork, drawing the visual arts and music into a single, cohesive framework. The limited edition pressing is now sold out, and the second edition, with silkscreened covers by Clara Cheeves, is forthcoming.

Meklit has been profiled three times by the San Francisco Chronicle, once by the quarterly arts journal Hoboeye, and has been interviewed and performed twice on the KPFA morning show. She has played at the Red Poppy Art House, the Bottom of the Hill, the San Francisco Public Library, La Pena Cultural Center, Amnesia, the Mission Cultural Center, the Bumbershoot Music Festival, the de Young Museum, the Cowell Theater, the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at UC Davis, the University of the West Indies in Barbados, and has toured in the Pacific Northwest. In mid 2009, Meklit will is being commissioned for a month-long residency at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.

Meklit, "...sings of fragility, hope and self-empowerment, and exudes all three. What's irresistible, above all, is her cradling, sensuous, gentle sound. She is stunning." -SF Chronicle.

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AccessCafe





Jul 18 2008 3:15 PM

Please join AccessCafe July 20th at The Box Factory (865 Florida, between 20th & 21st) from 11am-3pm for a donation-based, volunteer-coordinated Sunday Brunch! Enjoy savory vegan food, mimosas and live music! accesscafe
DJ B-Girl





Jul 16 2008 4:43 PM

What's good beautiful lady? So happy you got to chill with the homies for a minute.
Stay well! Peace
Mike





Jul 15 2008 12:47 PM

A warm Habeshan greetings...
Thanks for the ADD
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mercedes





Jul 13 2008 1:40 AM

Hey beautiful, i would love for you and the red poppy to come to this fundraising party i put together. Hope to see you... THANK YOU :)
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Prumsoduntras Surya





Jul 11 2008 6:59 AM

Hi Love,

I am in Phnom Penh right now - studying dance with my teacher and working with new ones, meeting other artists, networking with arts organizations, designing the first Cambodian samba costume, choreographing for the first time, taking over the night clubs - I hope the two months remaining prove to be as nurturing! Yesterday, I made an offering to the spirits of the dance and music consisting of seven types of fruit, seven incense sticks, two candles, one whole chicken (boiled), and a pair of baisey.
I will come back as Vorachun, the princely manifestation of Earth, killed by the demon Ream Eyso, and born again, revived, when rain falls. Lok Ta Muni Eisey, the ascetic who is responsible for teaching the arts to humans, gave me a lychee in turn!

I get back on August 26th. Let me know what's up!

With Love,
P-Nasty
Prumsoduntras Surya





Jul 10 2008 6:33 AM

Miss you, girl.
La Bohemia





Jun 27 2008 1:40 PM

a singer-songwriter experiment gone terribly wrong...anything but the latest pop sensation...don't miss, AZUFRE!
Azufre
Sonia





Jun 27 2008 8:00 AM

It'd been a while since I visited your page. Your music made my day. Your voice is so...deep, but light. I enjoy your songs so. I'm sure watching you sing is lovely, you always did have a beautiful smile.
:-)
Jiri





Jun 17 2008 11:32 AM

Best regards from Prague. Ji
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Yacouba and the Dogon Light





Jun 17 2008 12:37 AM

greething tanx for the add beautiful playing
Luke Westbrook TREE





Jun 16 2008 7:27 PM

Right On Meklit thanks for coming to my rescue! That was quick thinking the other night, if I can ever be of service to you Todd or the Poppy just say the word.

viva la musica
LW
Harald Becher





Jun 14 2008 1:57 PM

Thanks to you for being a part of a wonderful time in San Francisco and Bay Area.
All the best to you - and hope to meet you again somewhere, somehow, sometime...
Phraim





Jun 8 2008 11:02 PM

songs so beautifully sang...
promote ETHIOPIA support ETHIOPIA





Jun 7 2008 5:06 PM

Peace Love & Prosperity
La Frida Del Pueblo





Jun 6 2008 3:26 AM

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Alfredo





Jun 5 2008 11:26 AM




Aaron





Jun 3 2008 8:22 PM

Dehna Nehs?
ethio





May 31 2008 10:19 AM

Peace & Blessings Sista Meklit...

How you doin...
it's been a while my friend hope all is well & peaceful in your world. have a great weekend & stay inspired. God Bless...

OneLove...

ethio...
Lulo Reinhardt Project





May 31 2008 12:37 AM

Hi Meklit
nice to have you on my site.
all the best.

Ciao Lulo
KIRA





May 28 2008 3:25 PM

the Art is what it does Human
auntie irma





May 23 2008 8:30 AM

I love Meklit! I'm so excited we get to see you perform again tonight in Portland! I still feel high from Katrina's birthday because of your amazing gift you shared with us. Thank you so much for blessing us with your heart and beautiful voice!

Get ready for the clappers tonight!
Cristina Orbe





May 19 2008 7:29 PM

Epic Arts Studios
AccessCafe





May 15 2008 5:29 PM

Meklit! You must please come to AccessCafe's inaugural brunch...this Sunday from 11-3! Our donation-based, vegan cafe is transforming Million Fishes Art Gallery into a restaurant on this day only...Bring friends, many!
Prumsoduntras Surya





Apr 29 2008 8:23 PM

Guess who's dancing in San Francisco Carnaval? (Answer: WOOOOOOOOOOT!)
La Bohemia





Apr 22 2008 10:24 PM

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Apr 19 2008 1:42 PM

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GiL





Apr 16 2008 12:16 PM

hearing your voice makes me miss you so much!
GiL





Apr 16 2008 12:01 PM

Oh my love, you are so amazing! I havent tuned in in a minute. Your new songs are incredible! I really love.
Thank you!! I always knew you had it in you heee heee heee
GiL





Apr 16 2008 11:50 AM

funny that i just thought about you, wanting to reach out and catch up, and then i log on to myspace and see your comment! Much love and NEWS to share - lets inundate each other! HUGS HUGS HUGGIES
3 Leg Torso





Apr 8 2008 12:59 PM

Hey Meklit!! Yeah, we keep missing you!
Hopefully, next time we swing by we'll finally meet you!

Cheers!