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Serg

from QWANQWA Volume 3 by QWANQWA

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“Serg" is a 20 minute wedding song medley that is meant to invoke the trance-like experience of an Amhara wedding, and features the call and response patterns played by masinko and violin.

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from QWANQWA Volume 3, released September 11, 2020
Mesele Asmamaw, electric lead krar
Kaethe Hostetter, electric 5-string violin
Misale Legesse, kebero
Bubu Teklemariam, bass krar
Endris Hassen, masinko

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QWANQWA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


QWANQWA

PSYCHADELIC ROOTS FROM ADDIS ABABA
from the sizzling Addis Ababa nightlife scene, this group shines an experimentalism based in the virtuosity of rooted traditions. swirling masinko (one-stringed fiddle), wah-wah violin, bass krar grooves, heavy riffs of goat skin kebero beats, and powerful mellismatic lead African diva vocals, QWANQWA keeps the people rapt in celebratory attention.
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