D.A. Mekonnen, who led the long-running Ethiopian funk outfit Debo Band, has a new project called dragonchild. His debut album of the same name will be celebrated with a local release concert on Saturday, April 13, at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Dragonchild delivered a genre-hopping debut, Thandi Ntuli collaborated with Carlos Niño on a stripped back, joyous record and Titanic conjured visionary free-improv chamber pop
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Conceived by Ethio-American saxophonist D.A. Mekonnen––cofounder/leader of the widely celebrated Debo Band the solo project dragonchild is a culmination of decades of musical experimentation, embodied spiritual practice, and critical thinking. Growing up in Texas as a first generation Ethiopian-Amer