v.a. - The Ethiopian Millennium Collection [CD6 - Memories Of Ethiopa] [2007] [ethiopia]

     The golden age of Ethiopian popular music (as heard on the fabled ETHIOPIQUES series) is famous in part for the sparsity of material that it yielded: The state-owned recording industry was largely a ramshackle government vanity, and while music of the music it captured was strikingly haunting, only a few dozen tracks were recorded in the 1960s and '70s... 

Since then, the floodgates have opened as Ethiopia has more or less entered the modern world -- more artists are making and recording more music than was dreamed possible back in the politically repressive "good old days," and the fruits of this renaissance are heard on this 6-CD set. 

This album is recorded using authentic Ethiopian instruments – the Kirar (a circular wooden sound box from which six strings are attached to an upper stick held in position by two arms extending upward in a V shape); the Kebero (a large drum made of cowhide stretched over cylindrical wooden frame); the Washint (a four-holed bamboo reed pipe traditionally played by shepherds); and the Masinko (a one-stringed fiddle consisting of diamond shape wooden sound box and string made from strands of horsetail). This definitive, one-of-a-kind anthology will introduce you to Ethiopia’s rich world of unique sounds and captivating music. Enjoy!

01 - Sekota - Memories Of Ethiopia (4:18)

02 - Mulu Abeba - Memories Of Ethiopia (5:24)

03 - Ayubign - Memories Of Ethiopia (5:39)

04 - Bati - Memories Of Ethiopia (6:53)

05 - Tigrigna - Memories Of Ethiopia (5:41)

06 - Ambasel - Memories Of Ethiopia (5:05)

07 - Gabicha - Memories Of Ethiopia (5:49)

08 - Tizita - Memories Of Ethiopia (5:39)

08 - Shemonmwanaye - Memories Of Ethiopia (5:57)

09 - Immawayish - Memories Of Ethiopia (4:06)

10 - Wello - Memories Of Ethiopia (3:37)