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ARTIST
TITLE
Ethiopian Musics 1971
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
SR 584LP SR 584LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/7/2026

Double LP version. These recordings were made in the Empire of Ethiopia in 1971. The music recorded in Addis Ababa uses masenko fiddles, craar and bagana lyres, washint flutes and kabaro drums. There is folk music played in Addis Ababa tej beit bars with vocals, craar, masenko, washint and kabaro, Ethiopian Christian songs accompanied by the bagana large "Harp of David" and Mary Armede's craar accompanied Amharic sung poetry. There are Afar chants and flutes from the Danakil Desert, Anuak thumb piano, Nuer harp and dance drumming and a Fila Flute Dance from the Sudan and Kenya borderlands. A few words from the recordists: "The recordings that Ragnar Johnson and Ralph Harrisson made in Ethiopia in 1971 have preserved the skill of the musicians and the beauty of the music for posterity. After more than fifty years the music lives on for the listener."