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Abstract:: According to Koetting's notes, other performances from this event include Bateri, Atandaga, Adoekua. Calabash guem transfers guem rhythms, generally played on kori and gungonga in the standard style, to half-calabashes. The text of the song boasts that when the narrator sings (possibly serving as a reference to Puali, the song's composer), all the women dance and their husbands become angry.
Notes:: Instrumentation: calabashes (2 struck with metal rings, 2 with hands/fists); Place of recording: Kayoro; Performance history: performance-demonstration; Tape location: Reel 104, Track 08

Kagua Puali, "Calabash guem" (1975). James Koetting Ghana Field Recordings Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:146642/

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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