Tag Archive - Maddo

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.                                                    

Paul Kelemba (Maddo), Chairman of Ketebul Music, reporting back from the pilot programme..... When Tabu Osusa and I at Ketebul Music, along with our backers at Ford Foundation, set out to document Kenyan music genres from mid last century and offer them in easy to read, listen and view mediums to today’s audiences, young and old, we were trying to fulfill our dreams of preserving our music heritage for prosterity. We have so far produced two packages and are currently working ...

The Ketebul Music team is critical to supporting the Singing Wells project and proved their extraordinary capabilities during our March Pilot.    Here's the team:   Tabu Osusa, Founder of Ketebul Music, on the Board of Singing Wells: [caption id="attachment_315" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Tabu will lead site selection and take overall 'on the ground' responsibility for the Singing Wells Project"][/caption] Paul Kelemba (Maddo):  The Chairman of Ketebul Music will help with ...

After a long drive from Nairobi to Malindi yesterday,  we spent a full day recording in the village of Sita...  We reported on the drive over at the Abubilla Website (click here).  Let's focus this blog on today's music.  Afterall, it's all about the music. Three things to report.... The Village:  Sita is about 15 kilometres from Malindi, which is on the Kenyan eastern coast, against the India Ocean.    It ...