Ragnar Johnson / Ralph Harrisson – Ethiopian Musics, 1971 (CD)

Recorded in the field during a pivotal moment before Ethiopia's political landscape was upended by the 1974 coup, these 1971 recordings capture a musical culture at a crossroads. Ethnomusicologist Ragnar Johnson's documentation work preserved sonic traditions that might otherwise exist only in memory, and Sub Rosa's archival commitment to releasing material like this keeps those threads alive for listeners who understand why provenance matters.