Many hundreds of recordings by an early generation of Kenyan musicians are currently being returned to the communities in which these songs were made in the 1950s by English ethnomusicologist, Hugh Tracey. The repatriation of these recordings began in August, during a two-week pilot project in Kenya’s Rift Valley led by Prof Diane Thram, Director…
There’s now a new way for audiences to discover and listen to traditional East African musicians and music groups recorded by Singing Wells. Head over to our Bozza page here. About Bozza “Bozza is a plug & play solution for musicians, poets, photographers & film makers to promote and sell their digital products to their fans…
Another meeting with a dear friend. Another chance to tell Singing Wells stories…
Andy did a litte homework for this one: Number of recordings of groups: 374 (this does not include other recordings like Magic Moments, Influences, etc…) Number of groups recorded: 83 Number of hours of music: 27 hours and 30 minutes.
While we were in Nairobi recording the old guard of Benga/African twist, we had our latest in a series of conversations with the Director of ILAM (International Library of African Music), Diane Thram. ILAM was founded in 1954 by the late Hugh Tracey, the legendary ethno-musicologist, who conducted ground breaking village recordings from the 1920’s to…
November 2013: We just received this report from Penninah at UOBDU updating us on the Batwa communities we visited in 2011. Narrative Report Since the last visit of the Abubilla Music Foundation group to Batwa in Kisoro in November 2011, the six Batwa groups who were visited have continuously promoted the Batwa culture through…
Tabu and James compare notes on why East African music remains so threatened…
During one of our long drivers through Central Uganda, Jimmy was able to interview Tabu about Ketebul’s activities in 2013.
