{"id":143,"date":"2014-11-25T04:54:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T04:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2021-11-22T14:41:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T03:41:10","slug":"radio-documentaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/?page_id=143","title":{"rendered":"Derebe &#8211; Portrait of an Ethiopian Musician"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/radio_enda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-484 \" src=\"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dereb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"353\"><\/a>Derebe is a peek into the life of a young Ethiopian exile as he plies his musical trade in the Sydney suburbs. Listen <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/17275530\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Derebe Desalegn was a young professional musician in Addis in Ethiopia when he met and Married Jackie Bond, an Australian NGO worker in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>The couple returned to Australia where Derebe studied English and together, they brought up their daughter, April.<\/p>\n<p>Derebe has worked in a number of jobs since coming to Australia while trying to establish his music career. He plays Masenko, a one stringed instrument played with a bow, and sings traditional Ethiopian songs, mainly at local Ethiopian community events.<\/p>\n<p>This program revolves around the Easter celebration which is Derebe&#8217;s biggest gig of the year. Organising is not Derebe&#8217;s strong point \u2013 will the gig break even? Will he get a crowd? Will Derebe ever achieve his dream of stardom in Australia?<\/p>\n<p>This program mirrors the problems many emigrants have in coping with a new country\u2026.. For now, Derebe faces the future with a positive vibe, a big smile and a rocking repertoire of kicking Masenko dance tunes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derebe is a peek into the life of a young Ethiopian exile as he plies his musical trade in the Sydney suburbs. Listen here. Derebe Desalegn was a young professional musician in Addis in Ethiopia when he met and Married Jackie Bond, an Australian NGO worker in 1997. The couple returned to Australia where Derebe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions\/565"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/virusmedia.com.au\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}