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Singing Wells – Origins

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The story of how Singing Wells started…. After two years of planning, the Singing Wells project was launched in March 2011 with our first field visit to Malindi to record the music of the Mijikenda. So, how did Tabu Osusa, one of Kenya’s most successful record producers end up in a remote Kenyan village, teamed…

Winyo is shortlisted for Rolex Arts Initiative

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Winyo is one of the talented young musicians from Ketebul Music and he has also worked on three of the Singing Wells field trips. He has been shortlisted as one of four finalists for the Rolex Mentor & Protege Arts Initiative, an international programme designed to help talented emerging musicians reach their full potential.

May 2011 – Jimmy reports back on the pilot phase

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  In this note, we provide an overview of the Singing Wells Project, the results of our March Pilot and next steps leading to our November sessions.  We are pleased to report that the March Pilot confirmed the basic building blocks of the Singing Wells Project:  a) mobile recording in the villages works and creates…

Reflections on the pilot phase by Pato

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Here are the reflections of Patrick Ondiek, our Singing Wells videographer.  (He has camera envy!)       Pato’s reflections of Singing Wells – March 2011   Day 1: Meeting my new love [CANON 5D CAMERA] It’s Sunday March 27th  2011 and I am taking my sweet time getting to the studio knowing that I…

Reflections on the pilot phase by Willie Bembe

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WILLIE’S EXPIRIENCE WITH THE SINGING WELLS PROJECT  DAY 1 The guys form Abubilla have just flown in and a small party is being held for them at Sippers Restaurant in Hurllingham with performances from among others Samba Mapangala, Winyo and Ayub Ogada. I say hi to Andy who is at the control desk recording the…

More Ketebul voices…Steve reports from the field

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In this blog, Steve Kivutia, Project Manager for Singing Wells, gives us his reflections of the March Pilot.   We’ve added pictures and more importantly sound samples to his reviews, so well worth a listen!   We are back in Nairobi after a week in the field recording material for the pilot phase of the…