News

AMF receive grant to fund Batwa recordings

Published on
Published in: News on funding

We have just heard the good news that the Institute of International Education has approved a grant to support the Singing Wells trip to Uganda to record the music and dance of the Batwa people. We are delighted that our proposal was successful and that the IIE agreed with our rationale for taking the project to the…

Recording music & dance of the Batwa

Published on

Phase 4 of the Singing Wells project starts next month with a field visit to the Kisoro district of Uganda to record the music and dance of the Batwa people. The Batwa, historically a nomadic, forest dwelling community of hunter-gatherers, are widely acknowledged to have been the first human residents of the forest areas which stretch across…

Paul Kelemba – Chairman of Ketebul Music

Published on

Ketebul Music is continuing its documentation and archiving of East African music genres, both past and contemporary.  We are now in a strong partnership with The Singing Wells Project (SWP) whose goals are similar to ours in the preservation of the region’s music heritage.                      …

Abubilla Music release fourth album

Published on
Published in: News & Views

The latest album from Abubilla Music has been released and there’s a launch party on 2nd October in Richmond when The Saturday Morning Canasta Club will play tracks to a (hopefully) admiring audience – more news about that to follow.     Click on the cover for a sneak preview – the track ‘Breathe’ performed…

Funding Review September 2011

Published on
Published in: News on funding

Please take a look at the funding progress we have made here.     Click on the image to download the PDF:                                      

Global song released to support SWP

Published on
Published in: News on funding

Abubilla Music have released a truly global remix of an original song from their first album Six Months of Saturdays – it’s called 71 Hours to Monday and combines musicians and vocalists from Sao Paulo in Brazil, Nairobi and London. All profits from the sale of the track will be donated to The Abubilla Music…