Folk Music of Ethiopia

Various Artists FW04405

Country(s) Eritrea; Ethiopia; Sudan
Keyword(s) World music
Instrument(s) Beganna; Coboro; Drum; Flute; Harp; Masonquo; Mbilta; Tcherawata
Year of Recording 1951
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Produced by Harold Courlander

Play	101	Oh My Country (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna	Male singer with begenna	2:58
Play	102	Flute Solo (Eritrea)	Shambukaw player from Gura Valley, Eritrea	1:30
Play	103	Tcherawata Solo (Eritrea)	Tcherawata player from Gura Valley, Eritrea	1:11
Play	104	I Beg You, Heart (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna	Male singer with begenna	2:59
Play	105	'Mbilta Solo (Eritrea)	Mbilta players from Gura Valley, Eritrea	1:06
Play	106	Masonquo Solo (Eritrea)	Masonquo player from Gura Valley, Eritrea	2:00
Play	201	Love Song (Eritrea) - Mixed Voices with Tcherawata, Coboro	Mixed singers with tcherawata and coboro	2:56
Play	202	Song of Praise (Eritrea) - Mixed Voices with Tcherawata	Mixed singers with tcherawata	2:58
Play	203	Song to the Emperor (Eritrea) - Male Voice with Tcherawata	Male singers with tcherawata	2:54
Play	204	Sudanese Walking Songs (Eritrea) - Male Voices with Harp, Drum	Itinerant Sudanese workers in Gura Valley, Eritrea	1:21
Play	205	Sudanese Walking Songs (Eritrea) - Male Voices with Harp, Drum	Itinerant Sudanese workers in Gura Valley, Eritrea	1:29

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