Music of the Nile - Recordings by David Fanshawe
[EUCD1793]

Or buy from iTunes:

CD Information • CD Title: Music of the Nile • Artist(s): Recordings by David Fanshawe • CD Code: EUCD1793 • Tracks: 37 • Playing Time: 79:19 min • Booklet Info in: English, French, Spanish, German

A musical journey along the Nile from Cairo to Lake Victoria containing pure, original African field recordings, from Egypt, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, recorded between 1969 and 75.

“The best commercially available collection I have heard of African folk music and I recommend it whole-heartedly.” English Dance & Song Magazine.

Anecdotes and extensive info about the pieces illustrated with stunning photographs.

Track Listing:

1. Welcome Bwala Dance (Uganda) - 2:45
2. Muezzin Call to Prayer (Egypt) - 2:28
3. River of the Pharaohs (Egypt) - 0:43
4. Egyptian Wedding Luxor (Egypt) - 2:33
5. Water Well Song (Egypt) - 0:59
6. Abu Simbel Temple Dance (Egypt) - 2:22
7. Prophet’s Song (Sudan) - 1:36
8. Islamic Prayer School (Sudan) - 1:02
9. Camel Drivers’ Songs (Sudan) - 1:07
10. Reed Pipe & Grass Cutting Song (Sudan) - 1:17
11. Darfur Courtship Dances (Sudan) - 5:04
12. Four Men on a Prayer Mat (Sudan) - 2:26
13. Zebaidir Song (Sudan) - 2:20
14. Hadandua Love Song & Bells (Sudan) - 3:41
15. War Drums Al-Mahdi (Sudan) - 1:14
16. Shilluk Coronation Fashoda (Sudan) - 2:22
17. Paddle Steamer of the Sudd (Sudan) - 1:44
18. Frogs & Zande Song of Flight (Uganda) - 3:47
19. Tamboura Song Liri (Uganda) - 1:45
20. Edongo Dance Arua (Uganda) - 2:23
21. Kabalega Falls (Uganda) - 1:13
22. Busoga Fishermen (Uganda) - 1:51
23. Teso Fishermen (Uganda) - 1:18
24. Bowed Harp (Uganda) - 1:19
25. Acholi Enanga (Uganda) - 2:40
26. Dingi Dingi Dance (Uganda) - 0:55
27. Rain Song of Latigo Oteng (Uganda) - 3:38
28. Bunyoro Xylophone Madinda (Uganda) - 2:41
29. Royal Acholi Bwala Dance (Uganda) - 3:39
30. Samia Rowing Chant (Uganda) - 1:37
31. Song of Lamentation (Uganda) - 1:22
32. Song of the River (Uganda) - 2:05
33. Karamoja Childrens’ Song (Uganda) - 1:25
34. Turkana Cattle Song (Kenya) - 1:25
35. Masailand Milking Song (Kenya) - 0:51
36. Luo Ritual Burial Dance (Kenya) - 1:47
37. Aluar Horns (Uganda) - 3:03