Victoria’s reflections on the music of the Batwa Story
…s is the least of their problems. Despite that, I speak to my daughter Nicola later in the evening and tell her about what I’ve seen and we talk about what we should do with our unwanted clothes from now on. The Birara perform seven songs for us and the dancing becomes infectious. By the end we are all dancing. The children have become a little less shy, a little more confident about having their photo taken. They all laugh self consciously when t…
How to Map 2: The Map Outline News
…and make sure the Subject is Administrative areas. There is other data available for free download from this page, such as elevation and population density, but for our purposes we’re only interested in administrative areas, i.e. the regions and districts of a country (though these may have other names, such as aimags in Mongolia). Clicking OK will take you to a page which displays the data you are about to download – an outline of the United King…
Christine Kamau – “The Jazzist” News
…alive..#very best wishes and I hope we can keep in touch. Christine BBC Africa Beats: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17831507 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thejazzist Reverbnation: https://www.reverbnation.com/christinekamau …
Congratulations Singing Wells! News
…is wonderful to see these fruits of their expertise and enthusiasm. Janet Topp Fargion, Lead Curator World and Traditional Music, British Library website: http://www.bl.uk online gallery: http://sounds.bl.uk main catalogue: http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat…
Day 4: UOBDU and the Birara Dancers Story
…his was our first introduction to ‘Batwa Fitness.’ Along the way to the village we passed beautiful lakes nestled amongs the green hills – here’s one that we effectively drove completely around to get to the village. This is one of the many views of Lake Chou – 15 of our 23 kilometre drive which took us around the whole lake. Our second introduction to ‘Batwa Fitness’ was on arrival at the village. The road stopped and we were told we’d need to ta…
Day 1 & 2: Preparing to leave for Kisoro, Uganda Story
…e Engineer Winyo, Ketebul Music Artist, “Influences Sessions” From Abubilla Music Jimmy Allen, Founder of Abubilla Music & Video Engineer for Singing Wells Andy, Chief Sound Engineer, Abubilla Music Vicki, Project Manager, Singing Wells A note about the Singing Wells recording equipment: Because the ultimate goal of the Singing Wells Project is to helpother groups set up to expand the recording of tribal music i…
May 2011 – Jimmy reports back on the pilot phase News
…hieve this mission, we are committed to six specific objectives: Record village music in the villages, ensuring that the groups are able to perform as a whole, in their local environment, supported by their families and friends. Co-create new music during these sessions, by inviting contemporary artists to join the sessions and write and perform songs inspired by the village music and supported by the village musicians. Train a new generation of s…
Discovering music roots with SWP News
…l music, especially by the media and policy makers – all who influence the larger population. Obviously, funding has always been a setback for projects such as this one. Yet we won’t sit back as bus passengers as our partners sink their energies into seeking funding for the Project. Ketebul Music has a major role to play here and we look forward to relishing along with Abubilla Music, not in the too distant future, the fruits of our efforts; Kenya…
Meet the team from Ketebul Music News
…a, Founder of Ketebul Music, on the Board of Singing Wells: Tabu will lead site selection and take overall ‘on the ground’ responsibility for the Singing Wells Project Paul Kelemba (Maddo): The Chairman of Ketebul Music will help with all the media aspects of Singging Wells, as well as join the team in the field. Check out his website: click here. The Chairman Steve Kivutia: Project Manager for Singing Wells. Steve will be the day to day p…
More on the launch of the Ketebul Music website News
…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 with Abubilla Music and Sideways Recordings we were well placed to understand the functionality that a music organisation needs in their web site. Taking this experience we developed a dyna…
Ketebul Music website launched News
…e and we are delighted to report on the launch of the new Ketebul Music website. When Abubilla Music and Ketebul Music first came together we decided the most pressing need was for a dynamic website which would show the work of the Ketebul artists in their full glory and we think we’ve succeeded in our goal. Take a good look around the site to see how Ketebul Music is working to combine the traditional sounds of East African tribal music with the…