"Lesotho Calling" - various artists

• artist:
  various artists
• featured artist:
  Moshesha Hlomelang and others
• country:
  Lesotho
• region:
  Southern Africa
• release year:
  2007
• style(s): Ethnic
• formats:
  • CD (Compact Disc)
• record submitted by:
  SWP Records
• label:
  SWP Records
• publisher:
  Sharp Wood Music Publishing
• 
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Lesotho is often referred to as 'the Kingdom in the Sky'. Kena ka khotso - enter in peace! The lesiba mouthbow, a meditative sound, almost abstract but definately breathing, an array of overtones, music of the ancestors. music of birds and mountains, a sound that could only come from Africa. And the sekhankula bow, made from a 5-liter parafine tin and one wire string, played with a small horsehair bow, sounds like a celtic horn instrument and an arco steelpan. An ancient style of whistling completely out of this world, and the corostina - Sotho-style concertina. I recorded what I found. Master musicians.