Worku Azmari, rural improvisational folk musicians, make up a large part of Addis Ababa's music culture. Azmari sing and play the massenquo, a single-stringed upright fiddle. Traditionally, this role was passed down from father to son., but Asnaketch Worku, a trained female Azmari, released The Lady with the Krar in 2003. Werku redefined the genre and became a prominent Azmari artist. She performed Azmari pieces such as tizita and favored instruments that embodied femininity. For instance, she would use the euphonic krar, a six-stringed bowl-lyre that is historically significant to the Amhara, instead of the more widely used massenqo. In some performances, Werku used a pastoral background reminiscent of the ancestral lands of Amhara. Aster Aweke Unlike Werque, who lived her entire life in Ethiopia, Aster Aweke lived in the United States numerous times over the course of 30 years. Aster drew from Azmari tradition during the age of the Derg in Ethiopia, and her music combines western instruments with the minor pentatonic tones of Azmaric music to create recognizably Ethiopian music representing the diaspora. Aweke also recorded several versions of "Tezeta", Ethiopia's most popular song. Wayna Wondwossen Wayna Wondwossen was born in Ethiopia and grew up in the Washington, DC suburbs. Her music focuses on social problems, for example, "Billie Club" addresses American police brutality, a significant issue for African-Americans. Wondwossen's music videos contrast tender images of home with those of US violence, commenting on Ethiopian-Americans' desire to escape such bloodshed by emigrating."Home," sung in English, examines the Ethiopian diaspora and the possibility of Ethiopians returning to their homeland. Cabray Casay Cabra Casay was born 1985 in a Sudanese refugee camp while her parents were migrating to Israel during Operation Moses. Casay's native language is Tigrinya, but she also performs in Hebrew and Amharic. Casay's music explores her sense of having strong Ethiopian roots despite never having lived there herself. This awareness is common within the African and Jewish diasporas as individuals seek to connect with their ethnic communities. Casay is the lead singer of The Idan Raichel Project, a multi-ethnic Israeli band. She and Raichel wrote 2006's "Habayta" (Home), which follows a migrant who travels home "in both directions", a common sentiment among Ethiopian-Israelis who constantly travel between one diaspora and the other. State-funded music groups today State-funded cultural music groups still exist in Ethiopia. Hager Fikir and the National Theatre are two examples of state-run troupes that