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Artpod: Songs from Seth & May

Michigan Public | By Jennifer Guerra

Published February 16, 2012 at 1:59 PM EST

Today's Artpodfeatures a live, in studio performance!

http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrartpod/Artpod_021612.mp3

Michigan musicians Seth Bernard & May Erlewine dropped by Michigan Radio to talk about their new album inspired by their journey across Ethiopia.

Last year they were invited to join the project “Run Across Ethiopia," of the Michigan-based non-profit On the Ground. A group of eight eventually ran 240 miles across southern Ethiopia and raised over $200,000 to build schools in the coffee growing region of that country.

The album New Flower is based on that experience.

Check out a video of Seth and May's performance in Michigan Radio's Studio East by clicking here.

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Jennifer Guerra

Jennifer is a reporter for Michigan Radio's State of Opportunity project, which looks at kids from low-income families and what it takes to get them ahead. She previously covered arts and culture for the station, and was one of the lead reporters on the award-winning education series Rebuilding Detroit Schools. Prior to working at Michigan Radio, Jennifer lived in New York where she was a producer at WFUV, an NPR station in the Bronx.

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