Meskerem Mees
Meskerem Mees | |
---|---|
Born | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 15 July 1999
Occupation(s) |
|
Meskerem Mees (born 15 July 1999) is a Belgian singer and songwriter.
Early life
Mees was born in
Career
In 2013, Mees participated in Who will be Junior? and had Brahim as coach, although she did not win the competition. In 2019, she won the Sound Track stage competition.[5] A year later she released the debut single Joe, which ended up at #1 in De Afrekening.[6][7] She also participated in Humo's Rock Rally 2020, which she also won.[8] In 2021 she won the Montreux Jazz Talent Awards and in 2022 the Music Moves Europe Award (Grand Jury Award). In 2024 she was winner of the Golden Afro Artistic Awards, category Musique. Meskerem Mees is also the name under which the singer-songwriter initially performed with cellist Febe Lazou and later with cellist Frederik Daelemans.[7][9]
Since 2023, Mees has been collaborating on the performance Exit Above by theater maker
Discography
Studio albums
- Julius (2021)
References
- ^ Dalle, Kristof (29 July 2020). "Singer-songwriter Meskerem Mees: 'Het zal voor mij altijd eerder Johnny Cash dan Kanye zijn'". Knack Focus.
- ^ a b Rosiers, An; Tollenaere, Rudy; Vandromme, Klaas (25 May 2020). "Ik luister Gents (8): Meskerem Mees, Used To Be Cool, SJ Hoffman, Rheinzand". Nieuwsblad.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Knack - 17 augustus 2022, pagina 57
- ^ "Meskerem Mees Caesar tour". clubkalmthout.be. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023.
- ^ Meyer-Horn, Simon (19 May 2020). "Debuutsingle Meskerem Mees – "Joe"". Dansende Beren.
- ^ Alenus, Marc (21 May 2020). "Meskerem Mees - Joe". daMusic.
- ^ a b ""Het was een historische editie" Meskerem Mees over de finale van de Rock Rally". Radio 1. 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Meskerem Mees wint een historische editie van Humo's Rock Rally!". Humo. 18 October 2020.
- ^ Huyghebaert, Pieterjan (18 October 2020). "Singer-songwriter Meskerem Mees wint Humo's Rock Rally voor halfvolle AB". VRT.
- ^ Danny Ilegems (29 May 2023). ""Meskerem Mees, Jean-Marie Aerts en Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker: 'Mijn relatie met muziek was van meet af aan promiscue: ik deed het met iedereen'" - Humo". DPG Media. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ ""Exit Above" bij De Singel". Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ ""Exit Above" bij Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles". Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ ""Exit Above" bij Kaaitheater". Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ ""Exit Above" in Opera Gent". Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ ""Exit Above" in De Singel". Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ ""Exit Above" bij Theater Rotterdam". Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ ""Exit Above" bij Rosas". Retrieved 21 November 2023.