Calliope Collaborations:

Meklit Hadero

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
8:00 PM
$8 (advance from Paul's CDs, Caliban Books, Acoustic Music Works, Dave's Music Mine and Tana Ethiopian Restaurant)
$10 (Door)
Shadow Lounge (5927 Baum Blvd, East Liberty)

This show is co-sponsored by Tana Ethiopian Restaurant and the Shadow Lounge.

Born in Ethiopia, raised in the U.S. and nurtured by San Francisco’s richly diverse arts scene, this acclaimed singer joins soul-filled phrasing to a songwriter’s craft. Meklit erupted to national notice with the 2010 release of “On a Day Like This…” on Porto Franco Records. Hailed by Filter magazine for “[combining] New York jazz with West Coast folk and African flourishes, bound together by Hadero’s beguiling voice,” her full-length debut garnered feature-stories from NPR, PBS and National Geographic and announced the arrival, as the San Francisco Chronicle has put it, of “an artistic giant in the early stages.”

Named a TED Global Fellow in 2009, Meklit served as artist-in-residence at New York University, the De Young Museum, and the Red Poppy Art House. She completed musical commissions for the San Francisco Foundation and for theatrical productions staged by Brava! For Women in the Arts. She is the founder of the Arba Minch Collective, a group of Ethiopian diasporans collaborating with traditional and contemporary artists in their homeland, and of the Nile Project (based on Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble). “She sings of fragility, hope and self-empowerment, and exudes all three,” wrote a Chronicle reporter after witnessing a performance in the Mission District. “What’s irresistible, above all, is her cradling, sensuous, gentle sound. She is stunning." For more information, click here

With Opener: Joy Ike

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Si Kahn
Saturday, March 24, 2012
7:30pm
$15 / $8 (student)
Fisher Auditorium, IUP Campus

Si Kahn has worked for over 45 years as a civil rights, labor and community organizer and musician. Si was honored by the Folk Alliance as 2010’s number one folk artist as based on statistics compiled by the Folk DJ Chart for airplay by DJs around the world, and has released many albums during the past forty years, most recently Courage, with Kathy Mattea.

Check out these links for more information:

http://wn.com/Si_Kahn and http://www.realpeoplesmusic.com/files/sidvd.mpg.