Mereba
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I am coming
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“Counterfeit” “Starlight (my child)” “Wild Sky” “Hawk”
Mereba’s sophomore album is a love letter to the folks and experiences that formed her life. It may possibly take the type of a track written for her new child or a voice memo that includes clever knowledge from her father.
On a track like “Counterfeit,” she nods on the lengthy journey by means of the music trade to get up to now. Mereba’s musical profession has taken her from Greensboro, N.C., studying guitar and enjoying people music, to turning into part of Atlanta’s underground music scene within the 2010s.
Now based mostly in LA, she was mentored by Stevie Marvel, and in 2019, Mereba launched her debut album, The Jungle is the Solely Manner Out.
On this session, Mereba joins us to speak about making The Breeze Grew a Fireplace, how inspiration has to return a bit of faster while you’re a brand new mom, and the time her dad made her join together with her ancestry in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. The online story was created by Miguel Perez. Our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.
