Central and Eastern Kenya: Days 5-11:An Interview with Gregg
We interview a key member of this set of field visits. He likes what he sees but worries we are not thinking big enough about the task at hand…
We interview a key member of this set of field visits. He likes what he sees but worries we are not thinking big enough about the task at hand…
With great pleasure, we reprint Ketebul music’s history of Benga music.
In addition to our four days of field recordings, we also agreed to pursue a vital project for Singing Wells in Nairobi. Ketebul and Abubilla Music personnel joined together to record some of the most important ‘bridge’ artists in Kenya – a group of musicians that build a connection between the music of their villages…
The final day – we record the Original Chuka Drummers and then head back to Nairobi, concluding our field visit to Central and Eastern Kenya.
This day is mostly about the Ameru, or Meru, and their dance troupes. We recorded 32 separate songs across 5 performers in four separate locations. On the way, we learned a lot of detail of the boys’ rite of passage through circumcision. After breakfast (each of us coming at separate times), we travelled an hour…
A trip down and up the hill to record three lovely women groups. We were also introduced to Ndaiga Muchiri, the mad Karingaringa player. We’ll hear more from him tomorrow.