Join Meklit Hadero as she celebrates her latest album "A Piece of Infinity," recently released on the iconic Smithsonian Folkways Records. Meklit is an Ethiopian-American vocalist, songwriter, and composer, known for her electric stage presence, innovative sound and vibrant cultural strategy.

A Piece of Infinity has received rave reviews by Bandcamp, The Guardian, and AfroPop Worldwide, and has been featured by NPR Music, NPR’s Weekend Edition and the Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Global Spin. This album is an invitation to think, to love, and to groove, reimagining folk tunes from a multitude of communities and cultures throughout Ethiopia into jazz-inflected fantasies imbued with warmth and reverence.

Meklit’s performances have taken her to renowned stages across 4 continents and her albums have topped world music charts across the US + Europe. Meklit has collaborated with renowned artists such as Kronos Quartet, Andrew Bird, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and the late legendary creator of funk music, Pee Wee Ellis. Meklit is a National Geographic Explorer, a TED Senior Fellow, and a former Artist-in-Residence at Harvard, Stanford and NYU. She is the co-founder of the Nile Project, a featured voice in UN Women’s theme song and the winner of the 2021 globalFEST Artist Award. Meklit is co-founder, co-producer and host of Movement, a podcast, radio series , live performance series and community building initiative uplifting the songs and stories of immigrant musicians.