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Global Influences Project: Artist Submissions Page

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…truly his own. If you want to see more of his work, you can follow him on… Instagram: @stefanositanne Twitter: @stefanositanne Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/stefanositanne Want to get involved in the #GlobalInfluencesProject ? Head to https://www.singingwells.org/global-influences-project/ ASHISHO x Nyatiti Group // Aloka Ohangla // The Otacho Young Stars We love this submission from Kenyan singer-songwriter and producer, Ashisho. This song i…

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…nslations, and information about Batwa life. We continue to partner with UOBDU to support their work in improving the lives of the Batwa people. Find out more here https://uobdu.wordpress.com/ Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation believes in the “inherent dignity of all people. Across eight decades, they have sought to reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.” With…

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…join in with the dances too. A typical field visit involves, in the first instance, identifying traditional, region music styles and groups in the area we are travelling to. Once we have the final itinerary, the Singing Wells team sets out by road with the mobile recording studio and spends up to a week in the field recording the local music groups we have discovered. Click here to read about a typical day in the field by Andy Patterson, our Abub…

Day 3 – Monday 3rd July 2017 Story

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…e had laid a piece of cow skin. This piece was placed on the resonator and installed using nails. He would then wash it with soap. The stages of nyatiti making we could not see were described later in an interview. Sewe explained how he treats siyala wood, from which arms and head of the nyatiti are made. He buries them in firewood to make the wood stronger. His explanation also revealed a more ‘liberal’ usage of many different types of wood for t…

Day 1: Saturday, 2017 February 18th Story

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…immy, Hunter, Sophie and Elliot) arrived in Nairobi from London the night before. The Ketebul team (Tabu, Steve, Patrick and Nick) spent the evening preparing equipment. After a brief hold up at airport to check documents and buy a chicken burger, we were met by our drivers, Isaac and Abdullah, and drove immediately to our first field visit – to the home of Mzee Morris’s son, Rafael Nyunyusa Morris. “Retracing the lost drums of Mzee Morris Nyunyus…

Recce to Tanzania for our 2020 Field Visit News

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…urse on the ganun from ganun virtuoso and teacher Rajab. In a few previous instances, the importance of Singing Wells is emphasised when someone we record passes on some time after we record them. We were reminded even more of the importance of Singing Wells when we received the news of the death of a musician who we were set to meet that afternoon, Taarab Singer, Mzee Makame Faki. A brilliant musician and our thoughts are with his family and frie…

The History Of Benga Music: A Report by Ketebul Music Story

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…” mentioned in animation. Apparently the song was composed after Aketch briefly left the group. In the same way as this lyrical utterance ties Ogara to the emergence of a genre, veteran Kericho-based music producer and retailer A.P. Chandarana, is on record as remarking, “Benga is Ogara.” John Ogara died in 1998 in Kandiege Village in Karachuonyo, South Nyanza. Origin of the Word The debate over the actual origins of the word “benga” has been ragi…

Discussions on music and culture with a young Kenyan News

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…before, I might come home and my dad would be playing it on the radio for instance… but I don’t like it. Put yourself in my shoes — imagine your parents playing old-school church songs, chances are you’re not going to like it. It’s not really popular with young people generally. Why do you think that is? Well, we’re adverse and stubborn. We run away from tradition. And we’re heavily influenced by the west. I think a big part of that is because fi…

Current Leading Figures News

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…ns who do not share values with their predominantly rural populations. Therefore, there is no political / economic will to support ” waste money on mere singers and dancers… culture, what is culture, how does it contribute to development; job creation, tax revenue?”. This is because they do not understand the value of culture in providing employment, promoting patriotism, love, hard work, name it. Music for instance speaks to the heart of the pers…

Archiving Guidelines News

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…discs and cylinders, optical discs, and magnetic tape, which have chemical instabilities that could be affected by adverse storage conditions. It is particularly useful because it demonstrates the differences needed in the specifics of storage for different types of establishments; homes and institutions, with materials that need to be preserved for differing lengths of time. It also provides information to be passed on to guests of the archive wi…

Day 7 (pm): Recording at the Airport Guesthouse, Entebbe Story

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…hey were taken to Gulu Children of War Rehabilitation Centre for 6 months before going home, partly to make sure the rebels couldn’t find you in your home village but also to help the returning soldiers adjust back into normal life. He said even though he never became one of them, being surrounded by people of that mindset for that length of time left him in search of the meaning of right and wrong. Odika has two other brothers: Okot Mike, who was…

Kathy’s reflections on her Singing Wells experience News

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…y music in the field and in the studio in Nairobi. The one thing that I learned on this trip was how important it is to talk to the tribes to get their histories but also to make them feel welcome and at ease. It would also be useful to have a debrief afterwards to see how they felt it went and if they have any comments. I hope to go back to other areas of East Africa to hear their stories and music but especially to meet the people. Kathy Allen M…

More on the launch of the Ketebul Music website News

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…new Ketebul Music site for us. They’ve delivered a great site right on brief and within a tight budget which is a big bonus for the Singing Wells funds. Here are a few words from Wesley Burden about the challenge we gave them…… “Ketebul Music required a website design that delivered a strong sense of the colourful music of East Africa and the traditions that their non-profit organisation aims to help preserve. Using our experience from working wi…