A message from Henry Neza at UOBDU News
…r some of the Batwa to experience life outside their community when they visited the Ketebul Music studios in Nairobi for more recordings. During this trip they were able to interact with the Ford Foundation and benefit from new clothes and shoes, which improved their social status among the dominant tribes here. This gave them confidence and changed their behaviour. Now the non Batwa community agree that the Batwa can compete with others in many…
May 2011 – Jimmy reports back on the pilot phase News
…ept-Dec 2010: Establish Digital Footprint for the Project: We built the websites for Ketebul Music and the Singing Wells Project and prepared all fund raising materials. Phase Two: Jan-Apr 2011: March Pilot Recording: We designed and built the mobile recording equipment, trained studio engineers, completed recordings of 8 village groups and developed a music/video distribution strategy. Phase Three: May-Aug 2011: March Pilot Output: Goal to comple…
Discovering music roots with SWP News
…f stuff you find on your heels if you don’t wear shoes. I grasped the next best thing: art that I have a passion for, rising to become one of the most read cartoonists in the region. But my enthusiasm for music remains intense. So when I am not drawing caricatures of politicians or throwing barbs at societal misfits, I try to be part of the forces that shall try shape a revamped local music theatre. I hosted jazz sessions in the late 1990s and hav…
More Ketebul voices…Steve reports from the field News
…ke Victoria region where both Tabu and Winyo hail from). Jimmy gave it his best shot while Andy and the rest of the lads suddenly became ‘busy’ with the equipment. Sengenya This was an epic conclusion to a very long day. With just about half an hour of sunlight left, we quickly pulled down the set and set off to catch the ferry in Likoni, and cross over to the south coast. It would have been a short drive to Likoni, but Tabu missed a turn and we w…
What we learned from the pilot phase News
…into the villages and working on ‘fusion’, the blending of new music with musical traditions. Winyo performed in three villages and in each one the local groups worked with him effortlessly turning the resulting songs into something very special. And the highlight was when Winyo, Bado and his father took a Bado composition (yes, sounding like any American group) and turned it into something truly amazing by combining the best of old and new. The…
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
…lory 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 such as Ontiri Bikundo and Makadem, or the 4 piece women’s group Bismillahi Gargar, whose aim is to remind people of their traditional culture…