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Palmwine music

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Overview

Year:
1974
Contributor:
Koo Nimo's Ensemble (performer)
Nimo, Koo (performer)
Extent:
1 mp3 (06:29)

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Description

Abstract:
This is one of several pieces presented by the renowned highlife musician Koo Nimo at a festival outside Ghana's capital in 1974. His palmwine style of acoustic guitar playing, accompanied here by bells and drums, has significantly influenced other West African popular music styles.
Notes:
Instrumentation: guitar, frikyiwa, kagan, large apentemma, dawuru, gonkogui, ashiwa
Place of recording: Legon
Performance history: stage performance
Tape location: Reel 075, Track 02

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In Copyright
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Collection is open for research.

Citation

"Palmwine music" (1974). James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:146361/

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    James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection

    The James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings collection presents a vibrant mix of traditional and popular music recorded at a broad range of locations and events in Ghana during the 1970s by ethnomusicologist James Koetting. Students and researchers can hear online …

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