The Singing Wells Project endeavours to understand the music we preserve by understanding its context as well as possible. To do this we’ve talked to as many of the locals of each area we visit as possible. Read Sabina’s story about the role of music in the post-war healing process
The Influences series from Singing Wells features song collaborations between contemporary musicians and the music groups we have discovered during our field recording visits. When the Singing Wells team visited Kisoro in SW Uganda (Nov 2011), we were joined by Winyo, a singer/songwriter from Kenya. Here is a video from that trip and the…
March 2013 saw the release of an original track from Abubilla Music, re-mixed for the Influences series. The song is called (The only thing that’s) Missing and it was first recorded for the Abubilla Music album Misery Marmalade and other Spanish Jams. Here is the video of the new ‘Influences’ version, featuring musicians from Kenya, Uganda and the…
The Influences series from Singing Wells involves contemporary East African musicians collaborating with the groups and artists we discover during our field recording visits. The result is a unique fusion of contemporary and traditional themes.
During our last field trip to Uganda we were joined by singer/songwriter ‘Akello’. Originally from a small village near Gulu, Akello now lives in Kampala. She travelled with us back to the north of the country and was not only invaluable acting as a translator when we visited the Acholi communities in the area, but…
This is a transcript of a report received from UOBDU, following the visit made by the Singing Wells project to record the music of the Batwa in Kisoro, Uganda in December 2011. United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda (UOBDU) Narrative Report on the Promotion of Batwa Cultural Music Since April 2012, UOBDU started implementing…
The Singing Wells Project endeavours to understand the music we preserve by understanding its context as well as possible. To do this we’ve talked to as many of the locals of each area we visit as possible. Read Evelyn Ojok’s story about the role of music in the post-war healing process.
The African Night Road Spirits are kind and offered up a wonderful last night of recording.
