Asnaketch Worku is a famous Ethiopian vocalist. Her trademark is the krar, a traditional stringed instrument similar to a lyre. In 2003, Buda Musique released Ethiopiques 16: The Lady With the Krar, a compact disc which compiles Asnaketch Worku's recordings from the mid-1970s. The krar is a five- or six-stringed lyre from Ethiopia and Eritrea, tuned to a pentatonic scale. ... A Lyre is a stringed musical instrument well known for its use in Classical Antiquity. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Size of CD compared to pencil. ... A compilation album is a musical album featuring songs or tunes with some common characteristics. ... Methods and media for sound recording are varied and have undergone significant changes between the first time sound was actually recorded for later playback until now. ... Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution...