From the Lion Mountain: Traditional Music of Yeha is the first-ever album and book to document the music of a single Ethiopian village. The settlement, Yeha, is located in the far north of the country in north-central Tigray, about 30 km south of the Eritrean border.
The field recordings were made by David Evans, a musicologist with whom Dust-to-Digital has been working sinceits very first project in 2003. From 2012-2013, David made multiple trips to record in Yeha.
This digital release includes 22 recordings and a 52-page book in PDF format. The book provides an account of the cultural and musical history of the region, together with annotations for each track by David Evans. The book also contains more than 65 photos of the musicians, their community, and the village life of Yeha.
“From the Lion Mountain: Traditional Music of Yeha, Ethiopia” is released in partnership with the University of Memphis and its High Water Recording Company, who supported the creation of these recordings.
From the Lion Mountain Video:
This compilation video shows women singing in preparation for a wedding, a wedding celebration, a work song by family and neighbors while working in a wheat field, and dancing and playing following the Meskel celebration in the main plaza of Yeha, Ethiopia.
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