After Patrick Ondiek and Steve Kivutia, went on a recce around Northern Uganda in September to help us put together an itinerary, I endeavored to discover a little more about the music we’d be discovering. Gulu: First we will discover the music of the Acholi tribe in Agago, where a variety of different styles of…
In our next field visit to Northern Uganda we will come across a mix of different tribes, including the Lango peoples. Location: Northern central region or the “Lango sub-region” as demonstrated on the map. Population: about 1.5 million people Language: They speak Leb-Lango, a language similar to those of the Acholi and the…
In our next field visit to Northern Uganda we will come across a mix of different tribes, including The Lugbara. Here is their profile.
In our next field visit to Northern Uganda we will come across a mix of different tribes, including The Alur. Here is their profile.
In our next field visit to Northern Uganda we will come across a mix of different tribes, including The Acholi. Here is a profile.
This song was originally recorded in the Ketebul Music studios in Nairobi following our field trip in Uganda to record the Music of the Batwa. The lead vocalist is Jovah Nyiramajoro from the Mpwera community just outside Kisoro, supported by vocalists from other Batwa communities in the area. The song, called ‘Inyange’, is in praise of beautiful people who are compared to the beautiful white Inyange (Egret) bird. Musicians from Abubilla Music…
Steve and Patrick have been to Uganda to carry out a recce for the Singing Wells field visit in December. They spent 6 days doing research for the trip, starting in Entebbe and Kampala and travelling to Gulu, Arua, Nebbi and Pakwach in the north to explore the music of the area. They covered a…
The story of how Singing Wells started…. After two years of planning, the Singing Wells project was launched in March 2011 with our first field visit to Malindi to record the music of the Mijikenda. So, how did Tabu Osusa, one of Kenya’s most successful record producers end up in a remote Kenyan village, teamed…
