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…as an EP while he was on a tour of Europe in 2011 that saw him perform in Germany, Italy, Romania, and France. Benga Blues was then officially released in Kenya and internationally in September 2012. As one of our Influences artists, Winyo has travelled with us and played with different musical groups that we have recorded. Here he is bringing his own Benga influenced style to Nyerere Wa Konde Music Club’s performance. Further Reading Otacho Youn…
Day Four: 10 March 2022 (Rongo) Story
…toured extensively. Ontitri has been invited to perform in South Korea and Germany, not mention that he was one of the leading performers at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 2014. Ontiri on the obukano and vocals was backed by Leonidah Basbori on tumba and vocals with Lavin Kwamboka, Cliff Mogeni Mogaka, and Omuya Cyprine Moraa all on background vocals. Fiston was on guitar with Dave on bass. Ontiri is married to Ruth Moraa and the two reside…
Music Depositories and Archives around the World News
…170s and, inspired by the culture, a record collector. When he returned to Germany, he became a lecturer at the Bayreuth University and continued to enlarge his record collection. Finally, in 1991 it was large enough to form an archive, so he set up the AMA at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz and became the first director of the AMA. It contains both commercial material and field recordings in many formats, with supplementary newspapers clippi…
Ketebul Music: A Year in Review News
…n. Makadem has also toured all over, Croatia (where he met the President), Germany, and Denmark. Olith Ratego has been to Germany almost every other month where he is very successful. Gargar, our Somalia women, won a major award in France. They’ve yet to go and receive it. Later this year they are travelling to Kuwait. Bado is our latest talent that we discovered during the first Singing Wells project. Rapasa is a new artist. I am also looking to…