HAILU MERGIA (trio)
Since he emigrated from Ethiopia and built a life in Washington, D.C. around 1981—where he remains working as an airport taxi driver when he is not on tour—Mergia’s career has followed a humble trajectory. He made a few recordings in America but they didn’t easily reach fans back home. He kept making music on his own and with friends but after the early 80’s his gigs in the U.S. mostly dried up. It wasn’t until he began working with Awesome Tapes From Africa and putting together bands with the help of booking agents and musicians in Europe and the U.S., that he was able to chart a new path. With a broad audience of young listeners in diverse venues and distant locales, at age 71, Mergia is enjoying his comeback and is not slowing down.
Datum: Mittwoch, 21.11.2018 // Einlass: 19:00 // Beginn: 20:00
Ort: Festsaal Kreuzberg, Am Flutgraben 2, 12435 Berlin
Ticketpreis: 17€ zzgl. Geb.
