Folk Music of Ethiopia

Recorded in the Tigrai and Shoa Provinces and in the Gura Valley, this collection of Folk Music of Ethiopia actually represents not only Ethiopian music but the music of Eritrea and the Sudan. Several of the recordings feature traditional Ethiopian instruments from the string family including the begenna, the tcherawata, and the masonquo, along with the coboro, kettledrum and traditional Ethiopian flutes.

RELATED LESSON PLAN
"Performing Ethiopia: Playing, Singing and Improvising Music from the Abyssian Kingdom"

Track Listing

101	Oh My Country Male singer with begena	02:58
102	Flute Solo (Eritrea) Shambukaw player, Gura Valley, Eritrea	01:30
103	Tcherawata Solo (Eritrea) Tcherawata player, Gura Valley, Eritrea	01:11
104	I Beg You, Heart (Ethiopia) Male singer with begena	02:59
105	Mbilta Solo (Eritrea) Embilta player, Gura Valley, Eritrea	01:06
106	Masonquo Solo (Eritrea) Masenqo player, Gura Valley, Eritrea	02:00
201	Love Song (Ethiopia) Mixed voices with tcherawata, coboro	02:56
202	Song of Praise (Ethiopia Mixed voices with tcherawata	02:58
203	Song to the Emperor (Ethiopia) Male singer with tcherawata	02:54
204	Sudanese Walking Song (Western Eritrea) (1) Migrant workers from Sudan in Gura Valley, Eritrea	01:21
205	Sudanese Walking Song (Western Eritrea) (2) Migrant workers from Sudan in Gura Valley, Eritrea	01:29