Ketebul Music: A Year in Review
During one of our long drivers through Central Uganda, Jimmy was able to interview Tabu about Ketebul’s activities in 2013.
During one of our long drivers through Central Uganda, Jimmy was able to interview Tabu about Ketebul’s activities in 2013.
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…
One of our favourites from the Batwa people of Kisoro….
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…