Hailu Mergia
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Good morning.
Today we’re listening to Hailu Mergia, an Ethiopian jazz and funk keyboardist and accordionist. Mergia’s career began in the early ‘70s when he joined vibraphonist Mulatu Astatke’s Walias Band in Addis Ababa. The band fused traditional Ethiopian folk music with Western funk styles. On Mergia’s 1985 solo release, Hailu Mergia & His Classical…