Ethiopian Urban And Tribal Music: Mindanoo Mistiru / Gold From Wax

2xLP

2017

Authentic music recorded in the Empire of Ethiopia in 1971 by Ragnar Johnson and Ralph Harrisson. Mindanoo Mistiru means 'What is the Unknown?'

Gold from Wax refers to the layers of meaning in Amharic poetry

Ethiopia has many languages and styles of music. 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 Armeede's craar accompanied Amharic sung poetry. There are Afar chants and flutes from the Danakil Desert, Anuak thumb piano, Nuer harp, laments and drumming, a Konso dance and a Gidole flute dance from the Sudan and Kenya borderlands

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