Gétatchèw Mèkurya has been played on NTS in shows including Khartoum Arrivals w/ Basma, featured first on 16 February 2015. Songs played include Bertukane / Yematebela Wof / Shegitu, Eywat Setenafegagn and Aynamaye Nesh.

Gétatchèw Mèkurya (Amharic: ጌታቸው መኩሪያ) (14 March 1935 – 4 April 2016) was an Ethiopian jazz saxophonist.

Mèkurya was born in Yifat, Ethiopia. He began his musical studies on traditional Ethiopian instruments such as the krar and the masenqo, and later moved on to the saxophone and clarinet. Upon reaching adolescence, he began his professional career in 1949 as a part of the Municipality Band in Addis Ababa. In 1955 he joined…