This week on The Edit, we spoke with Pacific Standard Editorial Assistant Jack Denton about his recent PSmag.com story "Hailu Mergia's Great Re-Appearing Act". The piece is about the life a legendary Ethiopian musician who left his country and celebrity for the U.S. in the early 80s and then made ends meet by driving a cab in Washington D.C. for 30 years.

Mergia was recently rediscovered by a record label and made his return to the music industry. During this episode Denton outlines a brief history of Ethiopian music, talks about what attracted him to this story in the first place, and describes the unique character of Hailu Mergia.