More Ketebul voices…Steve reports from the field News
…me food apart from Tabu. I have known Tabu since 2005, and I can count the number of times I have seen him having a meal on 1 hand! After refueling car number 02 (it must have been guzzling the fuel because of the AC), we set off for the second leg of our journey, Voi to Mombasa. Salif Keita’s ‘M’bemba’ CD and Winyo’s in production CD ‘Benga & Blues’ proved to be the favorite cruise music as we kept on switching between the two. Though I must admi…
What we learned from the pilot phase News
…Magic Moment on Day 1 when it all seemed worth it. We took a simple (very American sounding song) from Bado and blended it with his Dad’s styles to make something really special 3. And Lessons? What Need to Improve? We were glad we did the pilot because we did learn a lot. Here are the main lessons: Far more time on Visuals: We had under-estimated how beautiful the locations would be and how ‘picture perfect’ the performances would be. We had…
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
…anisation 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 dynamic design and implemented a custom installation of WordPress, enabling all content areas of the site to be administered by the Ketebul team.”…
Ketebul Music website launched News
…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 best of contemporary artists. And through Bandcamp, listen to or download the inspirational music of Kenya from artists…