Central and Eastern Kenya: Day 1 – Nairobi to Kiongwe to Muranga
A wonderful day at the Kiongwe Market recording four women groups from Kiogwe Village. Lots of Ileve (Tin Shakers) and Vilingi (Whistles)
A wonderful day at the Kiongwe Market recording four women groups from Kiogwe Village. Lots of Ileve (Tin Shakers) and Vilingi (Whistles)
Day 0 is always a day of prep and planes. The Ketebul and Abubilla Music teams, with assorted guests, assemble in Nairobi to launch the first of our 2014 Field Recordings; this time focused on Central and Eastern Kenya. Here’s our team.
Our best day. We never leave the hotel but create new music with wonderful vistors: Matia Kakumirizi, Passy and Charles from the Kika Boys Cultural Troupe, Jovah and Jacinta.
two beautiful Kampala Locations, two great bands: we started at Kyamboed University to record the Bukaala Twesitule Troupe and then travelled to the Ugandan Musuem to record the Buganda Music Ensemble led by Albert Bisaso Ssempeke Jr
Before racing back to Kampala, we had a wonderful morning at the Gately Hotel recording the Nile Beat Artists…
We stayed in the wonderful Gately Hotel on the Nile in Jinja to record three groups: The Bigwala Cultural Group, Adagha Nalya Drama Group and The Bakuseka Majja Matta Group. We shall refer to this day as “Two Legends and a Lot of Big Horns”