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.
We often get asked why we have called our project ‘Singing Wells’. The inspiration for the name came when Jimmy witnessed an extraordinary sight while travelling in Kenya – the real-life singing wells of the Samburu tribes people.
We take a look at our first year of field operations and pull together some musical highlights… INTRODUCTION: We are now approaching the start of our second full year of field visits for the Singing Wells Project. It seems like a good time to step back to review the goals of the project and our progress…
Here is a message our good friend Henry Neza from UOBDU sent us after the Singing Wells recording trip to Kisoro, Uganda: The Batwa of Kisoro, as a result of your visit felt an international belonging and recognition. Through the generation of money by the Abubilla team for the performance of their cultural dance, the…
Happy New Year to all of those keeping track with the Singing Wells project. Some sad news. Okumu K’Orengo, one of the musicians we recorded in Kenya as part of the Singing Wells trip, had passed away. He was a master of the Nyatiti and performed for us in the village of Aluny, his final…
OCTOBER 2011 NEWS: Here is the latest news and itinerary for Phase 4 – the Batwa and Luo music recording trip in November. Click on the image to download the PDF:
Phase 4 of the Singing Wells project starts next month with a field visit to the Kisoro district of Uganda to record the music and dance of the Batwa people. The Batwa, historically a nomadic, forest dwelling community of hunter-gatherers, are widely acknowledged to have been the first human residents of the forest areas which stretch across…
There’s some exciting developments happening with all our projects and partners. Take a look at our news update here:
