soul food: marian mereba

i've just come across ethiopian-american songwriter/producer/vocalist marian mereba's 'room for living' remixes EP via okayafrica, and i am digging it. love her voice. 

listen to the remixes above, and check out the original EP here.

soul food: marian mereba

new music: 'long gone' by kenna

it's been a minute since we've heard from ethiopian-american artist kenna. 

here is his latest track long gone, from his forth coming album songs of flight.

new music: 'long gone' by kenna

soul food: gabriel teodros' 'blossoms of fire'

seattle-based ethiopian/american afropolitan, gabriel teodros, is an artist, activist, and blogger. and a seriously dope emcee. and my future partner-in-something-that-i-am-not-certain-of-yet-but-may-lead-to-taking-over-the-world-in-some-way. 

he describes his forthcoming second album colored people's time machine as 'an examination of the history, dreams, and future of native people everywhere'. the album will be released on january 19th and is available for pre-order the album, here. in the meantime, he's released his first single, 'blossoms of fire'. check it!

video directed by:  Barni Qaasim and Shadi Rahimi. 
video inspired by: Blossoms of Fire

soul food: gabriel teodros' 'blossoms of fire'