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Group 6: Sudi Mavenge

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Sun 26th November AM – Highland Suites Hotel, Kigali In the morning we recorded a brilliant guitar player, Sudi Mavenge, at the Highland Suites hotel.  We were supposed to record him yesterday, along with his son Shukran Ngaborutonesha and his other guitarist Eric Nova, but there was a huge rainstorm and the location in Muhange…

Field Recording Report by Kahithe Kiiru

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Introduction: Project overview and objectives This report is to inform interested parties of the results of field recordings from Western Kenya under Singing Wells project series, produced by Abubilla Music and Ketebul Music.  It reports on the field interviews and recordings conducted between Busia, Bungoma, Kakamega and Vihiga Counties in the Western Region of Kenya…

Day One: 7 March 2022 (Shikangania and Mukumu)

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Act One Artiste: Johnstone Mukabi and Omutibo Stars Genre: Omutibo Location: Small Matters Park – Shikangania Field Notes: After an early breakfast the following morning we drove from Ilesi to Mukumu Girls’ High School, situated along the Kakamega-Kisumu road. Our first recording of the day was to be with Johnstone Mukabi, son of the legendary guitarist…

Group 7: The Impano Group

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Sun 26 November, PM, Nyamirabo In the afternoon we drove to the Nyamirabo area of Kigali to record The Impano Group, (pronounced Imano group, silent P), which means “Gift” or “Talent”, a young five-part group that do modern takes on traditional songs and mix the inanga with the guitar. They have one guitar player, one…

Day Two: 8 March 2022 (Ilesi)

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DAY 2: Tuesday, 08 March 2022 Artiste: Obasie Palnyang Band Genre: Iteso grooves Location: Josephine Garden – Ilesi Field Notes: We woke up to a misty morning on the second day of our recording. The plan for the day was to record the Obasie Palnyang band. Seeing the dark clouds hanging over the horizon we decided not…