Movement with Meklit Hadero

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"Breaking unbreakable things" ft. Cheakaity Brown Oct 08, 2024

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Cheakaity is a DC-based soul singer who was brought into the world with a weighty name: the one who breaks unbreakable things. He talks with Meklit about lineage, prophecies and the fear of living a life unfulfilled.

"Pragmatism and Revolution" ft. Victoria Ruiz Sep 24, 2024

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Victoria Ruiz fronts the leftist punk band Downtown Boys, and has spent her career walking the line between pragmatism and idealism -- often in extremely visible settings, and often with painful consequences.

"Girls do not enter" ft. June Millington Sep 10, 2024

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Fanny was the first all-women band to release a record on a major label, in 1970. Meklit talks with lead guitarist June Millington about the incredible pressures of navigating the industry at that time and how parts of their story were never fully told.

"I've been writing the same song since the first song I wrote" ft. Helado Negro Aug 20, 2024

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Helado Negro has released 13 records in 15 years. He joins Meklit to talk about how the immigrant work ethic plays out in the arts, and Meklit wonders: is it good that we work this much?

"We got on the Bad Bunny Bus" ft. Buscabulla Aug 13, 2024

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Buscabulla got the kind of lucky break most artists only dream about: the chance to record with the biggest artist in the world. But what happens after the lightning strikes -- can they channel its energy?

"I was reluctant to go" ft. Sid Sriram Aug 06, 2024

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Sid Sriram wanted to make it big in the American music industry, so when got an opportunity to live and work in India as a singer for hit films, he wasn't sure he would take it. Meklit talks with Sid about his breakout album Sidharth, playing Coachella, and how he needed that time in India to find his way in the US.

“I found refuge in tap dancing” ft. Gerson Lanza Jul 16, 2024

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Art is a form of self-expression. A lot of people say that, but for tap dance virtuoso Gerson Lanza it was literally true. Plus a teaser of what's to come on the new season of Movement with Meklit Hadero. Look out for new episodes through the summer and fall.

Learn more about Movement at https://www.movementstories.com/

Coming up on Season 2 Jul 09, 2024

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Coming up on Season 2

"Returning as Myself" ft. San Cha Dec 19, 2023

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Meklit talks with Mexican-American singer San Cha about how she fell in love with Ranchera — a style of music that represented all the cultural values, sexual repression and stigma that she had once tried to escape.

More about San Cha: https://www.churchofsancha.com/

More about Movement: https://movementstories.com/

"Bananas and Cilantro" ft. Sasami Dec 12, 2023

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Meklit talks with Sasami Ashworth about her acclaimed record “Squeeze,” and how it fits within a larger cycle of creation, restoration and self-discovery.

More about Sasami: https://sasamiashworth.com/

More about Movement: https://movementstories.com/

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