About Us
The Singing Wells project (SWP) is a collaboration between Abubilla Music, a record label in London and Ketebul Music in Kenya, a non-profit organisation committed to identifying, preserving and promoting the diverse music traditions of East Africa.
The project is supported by our UK charity, The Abubilla Music Foundation.
Our goal is to record, archive and share the traditional music of East Africa for two important reasons – to sustain and celebrate the extraordinary cultural music heritage of the region and to help make this legacy relevant and fresh to today’s audiences.
As a group of sound and video engineers, producers and musicians, we set out on this mission not to become ‘fossil collectors’ and store the recordings in inaccessible archives. We work with musicians to make sure their music traditions continue to be practiced, can be shared amongst the widest audiences and become a source of inspiration for new musicians.
Press releases
Singing Wells hits 10 million views milestone on YouTube
After a decade of sourcing musicians, planning field trips and recording live performances of traditional music groups across East Africa, Singing... read more
19.07.2021 • By The Singing Wells Project