Tadias TV covers Ethiopian dance and music at Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors performance on August 11 featuring the Debo Band with dance troupe Fendika and its virtuoso Melaku Belay, “It was a delight to watch…simply to see his body sway to the music was a marvel…a superlative artist,” The New York Times
Debo Band, at Lincoln Center Out of Doors on August 11, is a Boston-based, Ethio-groove collective led by Danny Mekonnen. The band’s unique instrumentation—including horns, strings and yes, accordion—was inspired by the Golden Age of Ethiopian music in the late 1960s and early 70s, but its accomplished musicians are giving new voice to that sound. Joining Debo is Ethiopian traditional dance and music troupe, Fendika, amazing young Azmari artists led by one of Ethiopia’s leading dancers Melaku Belay. Belay, one of the most active artists and arts advocates on the Addis Ababa scene today, is a virtuoso interpreter of Eskiska, a traditional Ethiopian “shoulder dance.” He appeared at Out of Doors in 2008 dancing with Gétatchèw Mèkurya and The Ex.
You can check out some of their music for free on their site, and at Lincoln Center on August 11.
For our final Resonate! program this Wednesday, we present And Lay Duo, a special collaborative project by two members of the internationally-renowned Ethiopian funk and groove collective Debo Band, who were recently featured at SXSW. The two will premiere traditional Ethiopian folk songs and original compositions. Check out this video of Debo Band as a preview.
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