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Auguust 7th 2026
2CD
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."
Track list:
CD1
1. Song about the beauty of women
2. Tej Beit song
3. Bagana
4. Love Song (Mary Armede)
5. Drum Song (Jigsaw)
6. He-le-le Ampapa (Dorze work song)
7. Nuer Harp
8. Anuak Toum (Sanza)
9. Afar Flute. The hunting of the Oryx
10. Afar Jinele Divination
11. Fila Flute Dance
CD2
1. Hold it in my stomache
2. You sting my eyes
3. Nawa Dorze song
4. The Stork came down. War Song
5. Bagana Prayer to Angels
6. Bagana My beloved Gabriel, my beloved St Michael
7. Craar instrumental (Mary Armede)
8. Secret Affair (Mary Armede)
9. Bitter Lemon (Mary Armede. Duet)
10. Anuak Toum. Philip Agowa
11. Nuer Dance
12. Fila Flute Dance 2