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A short while ago we were contacted by Andrea Dyck who is the curator of Contemporary Cultures at the Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg, Canada.  Andrea explained that she was planning an exhibition of traditional African musical instruments and during her research she had come across Singing Wells.   We were able to provide Andrea with some information about the instruments and, importantly, some photos and videos of the instruments being played, which are from our field trip to Western Kenya ...

Another friend asked me about Singing Wells - as I told the latest stories, I concluded I should provide an other update...

In November 2011 the Singing Wells team travelled to Kisoro in SW Uganda to record the music of the Batwa, a marginalised group whose music and dance tells the story of their history, culture and the problems they face today. To read the daily field reports from this trip, click here.    Video playlist   The trip was facilitated by the generous support of donors to our charity the Abubilla ...

In December 2012 the Singing Wells team travelled to Uganda to record the music of the northern tribes, including the Alur, Acholi, Iteso and Langi.

The Singing Wells Project endeavours to understand the music we preserve by understanding its context as well as possible. To do this we've talked to as many of the locals of each area we visit as possible. Read Sabina's story about the role of music in the post-war healing process

The Influences series from Singing Wells features song collaborations between contemporary musicians and the music groups we have discovered during our field recording visits.  When the Singing Wells team visited Kisoro in SW Uganda (Nov 2011), we were joined by Winyo, a singer/songwriter from Kenya.   Here is a video from that trip and the music is performed by Winyo collaborating with Tiny Moses, a wonderfully talented musician from the Micyingo Batwa community.  The track was recorded at the Ketebul Music studios ...