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…ers here (https://www.singingwells.org/partners/) Further Reading UOBDU Website Ford Foundation Website Ten More Singing Wells Stories: The Batwa A Story of Batwa Traditions The Batwa of Kisoro Album Recording in the Travellers Rest Hotel “Studio” Our Field Report: UOBDU & The Birara Dancers #9 – Bigger and Better in Uganda The Giant Instruments of Uganda Our travels across East Africa have shown how each region has their own voice, style and iden…
Here for Research? Page
…y for a Group that we have met. Each page has information about the group, videos from our visit, recording information and any related content we have about them on the site. Group Map The groups we have met, presented on a map so you can see each region that the group is from. A brilliant resource and great for comparing musical styles amongst groups that are local to each other. “Our goal is to record, archive and share the traditional music of…
Recording, archiving and sharing the traditional music of East Africa Page
…he various different instruments and styles of music we have encountered on our field trips. Here for the Music? Click here! Want to just enjoy some beautiful East African music and revel in some jaw-dropping performances? Head this way to see more videos of the inspiring performances we have captured on our field trips, incredible photography and purchase some of the albums we have recorded with the groups that we have met. Click here to Celebrat…
Day Two: January 19, 2019 From Tarime to Buturi to Bariadi Story
…een anything like them. We recorded seven songs with them (follow links to Youtube): Mantho: About a man who was given money to walk to his destination. He had a long walk ahead of him, but funds were covered. To save time and money, however, he choose to walk through the river. Sadly, a crocodile attacked him and ate his legs. A cautionary tale about taking short cuts. Jackie Mosani Wethu: A traditional song of praise and thanks, which was sung f…
Watmon Cultural Group Group
…t Lucy Duran. Their performance was described by Sounds and Colours as an ‘instrumental extravaganza’. Sources: Sounds and Colours www.dailymonitor.co.ug The Guardian…
Baseki Group
…ge and taught them about hoeing the soil to the song. Later we saw several videos of how this song is used in the fields to motivate farmers, who hoe to the beat. Throughout Tanzania, we saw school kids walking to/from school with their hoes, where they often tend to small plots at the school. Serengeti: We are near the national park and this is a song in celebration to Tanzanian parks and wild life. Freestyle filming with song Balimi Magic Moment…
The Revival of the Entongooli Page
…ical scholars to see how they are doing with their learning. In the next 2 videos, we look at the process of preparing the base of the Entongooli. In this weeks video, we are shown how to prepare the cow and monitor lizard skins for the base of the Entongooli. Each skin goes through a process of thinning, trimming and soaking to prepare it for stretching over the bases that were prepared in the previous video. We also see how the strings are start…
Day One: 7 March 2022 (Shikangania and Mukumu) Story
…ears. Hence, it did not take long for our sound team to determine the best site for the stage within the well-groomed homestead and in less than an hour we had the mobile studio all set. Normally, our preferred device for capturing sound on these trips is the Zoom digital recorder, having started with H4 before upgrading to Zoom H6. On this occasion we opted to record directly to the laptop. All recording systems have their merits and demerits and…
Day One: January 18, 2019. Assemble in Tanzania Story
…l artist that we hope to inspire by the music of their region. When the ‘spirit moves’ we will do a song with our influences artist and the group. Our ‘output’ for a field visit is a set of videos that we post on our website, Facebook and Youtube that reflects the performances. When we initially publish our field reports, these videos aren’t available, but as we complete videos, we will provide links from the songs to the videos….
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…ells project, helping to design and put into practice our ideas for our website. Our website is the main repository for all of our recording activities in East Africa, and the we are very proud of the latest version. Thanks to Wes and the team at Nebulo Strata for their continued help and support. To find out more, go to: http://www.nebulostrata.com Clarkson, Wright & Jakes Type of Sponsor: donation in kind Thanks to Clarkson, Wright and Jakes s…
Global Influences Project: Loop Library Page
…e band here. You can watch the full visual performance of this song on our Youtube channel by clicking here. Download the loop Nyatiti Group – 158BPM Another wonderful Nyatiti group led by Okumu Korengo who is considered one of the best players around. Okumu Korengo also played all instruments, accompanied by dancers and back up vocals. You can learn more about the group here. You can watch the full visual performance of this song on our Youtube c…
Sangwamahoro and Royal Burundi Drums News
In November, a group of Burundi Royal Drummers, called Sangwamahoro, visited Nairobi and the Singing Wells team was able to record them. The Group was led by Giscard Ingabire, a drummer and sound engineer. Sangwamahoro, founded in 2005, began as an association aimed at uniting Burundian refugees who had fled the civil wars in Burundi and found shelter in Kenya. Initially focused on providing support to refugees, it later evolved into a cultural c…
Global Influences Project: Artist Submissions Page
…track per the prompt.” If you want to hear more of Yohanan’s work, head to www.blackbuddhasounds.com or follow him on instagram @blackbuddhasounds Want to get involved in the Global Influences Project? Head to singingwells.org/global-influences-project Mkostii Beats & Collo Skyzan x Joginda Boys This joint submission from Mkostii Beats and Collo Skyzan is a brilliant demonstration of how these traditional beats can inspire something truly unique a…
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All field reports have now been published and provide links to youtube videos! Story
…You can now see all Field Reports for February 2018 trip to Kenya. If you want to link directly to youtube videos you can do in field reports or go direct here. A detailed account of the trip written by Kahithe Kiiru is available here….
1. Introducing the Naizungwe drums Story
…rg/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Peter-Cooke-naizungwe-recording-1.mp3 http://www.singingwells.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Peter-Cooke-naizungwe-recording-2.mp3 What makes this project particularly exciting, is the difference of approach required compared to the entenga drums. With the entenga we found a surviving old master player (Musisi) who was able to teach a younger generation of musicians about the music and the performances. In the case of…