• Folk Music of Ethiopia – Oh My Country (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna
    • 1. Oh My Country (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna
    • 2. Flute Solo (Eritrea)
    • 3. Tcherawata Solo (Eritrea)
    • 4. I Beg You, Heart (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna
    • 5. 'Mbilta Solo (Eritrea)
    • 6. Masonquo Solo (Eritrea)
    • 7. Love Song (Eritrea) - Mixed Voices with Tcherawata, Coboro
    • 8. Song of Praise (Eritrea) - Mixed Voices with Tcherawata
    • 9. Song to the Emperor (Eritrea) - Male Voice with Tcherawata
    • 10. Sudanese Walking Songs (Eritrea) - Male Voices with Harp, Drum
    • 11. Sudanese Walking Songs (Eritrea) - Male Voices with Harp, Drum

    Deep stuff. Recorded in 1951 - you can hear traces of the Ethiopiques in these recordings.

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