Act One Artiste: Johnstone Mukabi and Omutibo Stars Genre: Omutibo Location: Small Matters Park – Shikangania Field Notes: After an early breakfast the following morning we drove from Ilesi to Mukumu Girls’ High School, situated along the Kakamega-Kisumu road. Our first recording of the day was to be with Johnstone Mukabi, son of the legendary guitarist…
Sun 26 November, PM, Nyamirabo In the afternoon we drove to the Nyamirabo area of Kigali to record The Impano Group, (pronounced Imano group, silent P), which means “Gift” or “Talent”, a young five-part group that do modern takes on traditional songs and mix the inanga with the guitar. They have one guitar player, one…
Ekhunjwe Musical Group South Teso Jazz Obasie Palnyang Omong’oluk Traditional Dancers Samuel Namatete Pius Wafula Shem Tube Peter Awkabi Fanuel Amimo Johnston Mukabi Mumia United Dot Com Isikuti Super Phoenix Band with Julius Itenya Bugnoma Roots Band
DAY 2: Tuesday, 08 March 2022 Artiste: Obasie Palnyang Band Genre: Iteso grooves Location: Josephine Garden – Ilesi Field Notes: We woke up to a misty morning on the second day of our recording. The plan for the day was to record the Obasie Palnyang band. Seeing the dark clouds hanging over the horizon we decided not…
In 2016 we continued our recordings of music of the Royal Palaces, which we started in 2015. You can read our report on the Royal Entenga Drummers in the 2015 field report.
A final day with a reunited DDC Mlimani Park Orchestra…
