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"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:
  • label:
  • 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.

 
various artists

Images

front cover

created by Michael Baird (SWP Records) on 05 Sep 2008

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