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‘Missing’ – Singing Wells fundraising song for 2013

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March 2013 saw the release of an original track from Abubilla Music, re-mixed for the Influences series.  The song is called (The only thing that’s) Missing and it was first recorded for the Abubilla Music album Misery Marmalade and other Spanish Jams.  Here is the video of the new ‘Influences’ version, featuring musicians from Kenya, Uganda and the…

Singing Wells – The Story So Far

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We have just published a beautiful hardback book about Singing Wells which tells the story of the project to date, starting with our launch in 2011 when we travelled to Kenya’s Coastal Region to record the music of the Mijikenda.  Full of stunning photos and excerpts from our field reports, the 110 page book is a detailed representation of our mission…

AMF receive grant to fund Batwa recordings

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We have just heard the good news that the Institute of International Education has approved a grant to support the Singing Wells trip to Uganda to record the music and dance of the Batwa people. We are delighted that our proposal was successful and that the IIE agreed with our rationale for taking the project to the…

Funding Review September 2011

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Please take a look at the funding progress we have made here.     Click on the image to download the PDF:                                      

Global song released to support SWP

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Abubilla Music have released a truly global remix of an original song from their first album Six Months of Saturdays – it’s called 71 Hours to Monday and combines musicians and vocalists from Sao Paulo in Brazil, Nairobi and London. All profits from the sale of the track will be donated to The Abubilla Music…

£25K donation from Abubilla Music Foundation

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There’s good news to report about our fundraising goals.  A donation from the The Abubilla Music Foundation of £25,000 has been allocated by the trustees to the Singing Wells project.  This has meant that all expenditure on the development of the Ketebul Music website has been covered and we are now able to go ahead…