A roots music sound exchange project created between musicians from Japan and Ethiopia in 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic. In 2024, the folk song unit MINYO CODERANNY traveled to Ethiopia for a long-awaited collaborative performance with local partner Moseb Band. Under the theme “roots music dialog: interactive communication through music that evokes affinity,” bands from two different countries took on the challenge of coming together as one unit to perform songs from both countries and create two-way artistic exchange through music.

Performers
MINYO CODERANNY, Katsumi Tanaka (Japan)
MOSEB MUSIC BAND・Asrat Bosena・Seble Worku・Azeb Dagnaw・Fikr Alemu, others (Ethiopia)

Program
Part 1
Performance of Ethiopian folk songs by Moseb Band (folk songs from the Oromo region, etc.)
Part 2
Performance of Japanese folk songs by MINYO CODERANNY (Soma Bon Uta, Aizu Bandaisan, Tanko Bushi, Tsugaru Jongara Bushi, others)
Part 3
Roots Music Sound Exchange Project session performance (Tairyo Utaikomi, Kaigara Bushi, Isohara Bushi, folk songs from the Gondar region, folk songs from the Gurage region, Japanwan Wodije、Ethiopia, etc.)