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 (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna	Male singer with begenna	02:58
102	Flute Solo (Eritrea)	Shambukaw player from Gura Valley, Eritrea	01:30
103	Tcherawata Solo (Eritrea)	Tcherawata player from Gura Valley, Eritrea	01:11
104	I Beg You, Heart (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna	Male singer with begenna	02:59
105	'Mbilta Solo (Eritrea)	Mbilta players from Gura Valley, Eritrea	01:06
106	Masonquo Solo (Eritrea)	Masonquo player from Gura Valley, Eritrea	02:00
201	Love Song (Eritrea) - Mixed Voices with Tcherawata, Coboro	Mixed singers with tcherawata and coboro	02:56
202	Song of Praise (Eritrea) - Mixed Voices with Tcherawata	Mixed singers with tcherawata	02:58
203	Song to the Emperor (Eritrea) - Male Voice with Tcherawata	Male singers with tcherawata	02:54
204	Sudanese Walking Songs (Eritrea) - Male Voices with Harp, Drum	Itinerant Sudanese workers in Gura Valley, Eritrea	01:21
205	Sudanese Walking Songs (Eritrea) - Male Voices with Harp, Drum	Itinerant Sudanese workers in Gura Valley, Eritrea	01:29