Ragnar Johnson’s 'A New Guinea Journey': preserving the last echoes of sacred flute music | Songlines
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Ragnar Johnson’s 'A New Guinea Journey': preserving the last echoes of sacred flute music

By Russ Slater Johnson

In the 1970s, Ragnar Johnson recorded Papua New Guinea’s sacred flute and bamboo Jew’s harp music before the traditions died out

New Guinea Journey

Boma flute players in Kaean village (photo: Ragnar Johnson)

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