Music of the Luo: video playlist News
…In December 2011, the Singing Wells team travelled to western Kenya on the shores of Lake Victoria to record the music of the Luo tribes. To read the daily field reports from this trip, click here . Video Playlist The trip was facilitated by the generous support of donors to our charity the Abubilla Music Foundation. …
Recording the Luo: photos & music News
…Music and photos from the Singing Wells field recording trip to Western Kenya, recording the music of the Luo tribes. …
May 2011 – Jimmy reports back on the pilot phase News
…ired by the village recordings and talk about their influences. Our Phased Approach and the March Pilot: To accomplish these objectives, we’ve divided the Singing Wells Project into distinct phases – these phases are meant to pilot different aspects of the project and adjust our objectives/approach as we learn. There are five phases of the project between our launch in September 2010 and the completion of our second set of DVD’s/CD’s in March 2012…
Discovering music roots with SWP News
…of the Singing Wells Project at the Kenyan coast. So, when Abubilla Music appeared on the horizon, there was a sigh of relief from us at Ketebul Music. Just about time! We could just now most likely expose the country’s music roots to larger audiences, in a unique way, different from the grainy footage of government “tourist promotional” documentaries dating from the 1960s. I was born in Nairobi 48 years ago. At 14, my future music career came to…