Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Kenyan Showbiz: THE MEDIA HAS BEEN CORRUPT!!
Kenyan Showbiz: THE MEDIA HAS BEEN CORRUPT!!: "The media has not been keeping it real in promoting our up and coming artists.I spoke to some of them while making a documentary,and they ha..."
AYUB OGADA.
Ayub Ogada is a musician from Kenya.[1] Ogada is one of the Luo people of Western Kenya, and he received his first exposure to Western culture early on. When he was six, his parents (also musicians), toured the college circuit in the U.S. Ogada then returned to Kenya with his parents, and was educated in a Catholic school, then an English boarding school. After finishing school, he played for several years in a Kenyan group called African Heritage Band, which fused traditional music with the sounds of rock and soul that Ogada and bandmates heard regularly on the radio.[2] In 1986, he decided to take his talents abroad. Armed with his nyatiti (a lyre-like stringed instrument), he went to the U.K., and played on the streets for money. After the better part of a year, he was approached and asked to play at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD festival. In 1993, he was invited to Gabriel's Realworld Studios, where he recorded his first album, En Mane Kuoyo (Just Sand). He continues to tour extensively with WOMAD. (taken from his Myspace page) The singer, he also performs on the traditional east African stringed instrument, the nyatiti and is a highly accomplished djembe player. Of the Luo people, he was born in Mombasa. Ogada co-founded the African Heritage Band in 1979 and played kit drums, bass and percussion for many years before departing for London, England, where he initially occasionally busked London streets, singing accompianied by Nyatiti and leg rattle or ankle bells.
Ogada arrived in the United Kingdom in 1986, and in 1993 recorded the album En Mana Kuoyo on Peter Gabriel's Real World label. His music has also been heard on the soundtrack of the 2000 release of I 'Dreamed of Africa' and the 2005 film The Constant Gardener. His music was used in the soundtrack for Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman's BBC series Long Way Round and Long Way Down.
Ogada has collaborated with Susheela Raman on several tracks on her "Salt Rain" album, such as "O Rama", and with Tony Levin on his album World Diary. In addition, he has collaborated with the Afro Celt Sound System on their first and fourth releases.
In July 2005 Ogada performed at the Live 8 concert, Eden Project as the opening act with his still current line-up, UNO (2007) himself performing on a large replica of an historic Egyptian lyre. Based in London, Ogada has embraced electronic recording techniques, though remaining exclusively acoustical in live performances. Ayub also spends much of his time in his native Kenya.
Ayub has also supplemented his music career with some acting in the past under the name Job Seda. He played Robert Redford's Masaii sidekick in Out of Africa and also starred in Kitchen Toto.
His piece, "Kothbiro" appears in the soundtrack of the Méxican Film "The Blue Room" based on the novel of George Simenon.
On March 8, 2007 he released an Album with Union Nowhere titled Tanguru. There is very limited information about this album. It is only available for download through iTunes. Recently he has moved back to Kenya in June 2007.
http://www.google.co.ke/images?hl=en&q=Ayub+Ogada&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=r3CITMjzL8LQ4waymI3SBA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=6&ved=0CEAQsAQwBQ&biw=1360&bih=579
Ogada arrived in the United Kingdom in 1986, and in 1993 recorded the album En Mana Kuoyo on Peter Gabriel's Real World label. His music has also been heard on the soundtrack of the 2000 release of I 'Dreamed of Africa' and the 2005 film The Constant Gardener. His music was used in the soundtrack for Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman's BBC series Long Way Round and Long Way Down.
Ogada has collaborated with Susheela Raman on several tracks on her "Salt Rain" album, such as "O Rama", and with Tony Levin on his album World Diary. In addition, he has collaborated with the Afro Celt Sound System on their first and fourth releases.
In July 2005 Ogada performed at the Live 8 concert, Eden Project as the opening act with his still current line-up, UNO (2007) himself performing on a large replica of an historic Egyptian lyre. Based in London, Ogada has embraced electronic recording techniques, though remaining exclusively acoustical in live performances. Ayub also spends much of his time in his native Kenya.
Ayub has also supplemented his music career with some acting in the past under the name Job Seda. He played Robert Redford's Masaii sidekick in Out of Africa and also starred in Kitchen Toto.
His piece, "Kothbiro" appears in the soundtrack of the Méxican Film "The Blue Room" based on the novel of George Simenon.
On March 8, 2007 he released an Album with Union Nowhere titled Tanguru. There is very limited information about this album. It is only available for download through iTunes. Recently he has moved back to Kenya in June 2007.
http://www.google.co.ke/images?hl=en&q=Ayub+Ogada&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=r3CITMjzL8LQ4waymI3SBA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=6&ved=0CEAQsAQwBQ&biw=1360&bih=579
Kenyan Showbiz: Will Traditional music survive the test of time?
Kenyan Showbiz: Will Traditional music survive the test of time?: "With more than forty different regional languages, the country’s musical panorama is rich and remarkably complex. Driving through Nairobi’..."
Kenyan Showbiz: IS HIPHOP DEAD OR ALIVE?
IS HIPHOP DEAD OR ALIVE?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgum_g2SVJE&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9o89s_QX_U&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9o89s_QX_U&feature=channel
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Will Traditional music survive the test of time?
With more than forty different regional languages, the country’s musical panorama is rich and remarkably complex. Driving through Nairobi’s streets in your matatu, you will hear songs in Luhya, Luo, Kamba, and Kikuyu on every street corner. Music has traditionally been a distinctive feature of Kenyan ethnic groups, such as the Kikuyu, Kenya’s largest ethnic community, and the Luo people of the Lake Victoria region, who have always been particularly well known for their musical culture.
In addition to its entertainment value, Kenyan music has always been, and is still today, a major vehicle for sharing information and educating local populations. Opondo Owenga, a traditional Benga musician, was well known during the colonial era for his use of music to convey the history of the Luo people. Such musical riches are under threat, however, since traditional music rooted in oral tradition is disappearing at an alarming rate.The roots of Kenya’s popular music can be traced to the 1950s. The most characteristic pop sound is Benga music, which was born on the lakeshore and originates from the Luo community. It is a crossover of traditional rhythms and instruments, such as the nyatiti lyre, the orutu single stringed fiddle, the ohangla drums, and modern dance. Benga became so popular that ethnic groups from six out of Kenya’s eight provinces have adapted it to their own style and flavor, while retaining the pulsing beat, high energy bass, interlocking guitar riffs and recurrent voice solos which characterize the Benga genre. The complex rhythms include indigenous and imported rhythms, notably the Congolese beat. The Shirati jazz band, formed in 1967, was one of the first Benga bands to make a major breakthrough. Others were George Ramogi, Victoria Jazz Band, DK and Joseph Kamaru, who received international exposure in the 70’s. Recently, traditional Kenyan music attracted international attention when the songs of the singer Ayub Ogada were featured in the award winning 2005 movie “The Constant Gardener.” The Kenyan music scene bears out an old proverb in the region that says “seeing is different from being told.” A journey through Kenya reveals the pride of the people in their creative traditions, and a growing commitment to developing viable creative industries. While there are challenges, the future for Kenyan music is bright.
In addition to its entertainment value, Kenyan music has always been, and is still today, a major vehicle for sharing information and educating local populations. Opondo Owenga, a traditional Benga musician, was well known during the colonial era for his use of music to convey the history of the Luo people. Such musical riches are under threat, however, since traditional music rooted in oral tradition is disappearing at an alarming rate.The roots of Kenya’s popular music can be traced to the 1950s. The most characteristic pop sound is Benga music, which was born on the lakeshore and originates from the Luo community. It is a crossover of traditional rhythms and instruments, such as the nyatiti lyre, the orutu single stringed fiddle, the ohangla drums, and modern dance. Benga became so popular that ethnic groups from six out of Kenya’s eight provinces have adapted it to their own style and flavor, while retaining the pulsing beat, high energy bass, interlocking guitar riffs and recurrent voice solos which characterize the Benga genre. The complex rhythms include indigenous and imported rhythms, notably the Congolese beat. The Shirati jazz band, formed in 1967, was one of the first Benga bands to make a major breakthrough. Others were George Ramogi, Victoria Jazz Band, DK and Joseph Kamaru, who received international exposure in the 70’s. Recently, traditional Kenyan music attracted international attention when the songs of the singer Ayub Ogada were featured in the award winning 2005 movie “The Constant Gardener.” The Kenyan music scene bears out an old proverb in the region that says “seeing is different from being told.” A journey through Kenya reveals the pride of the people in their creative traditions, and a growing commitment to developing viable creative industries. While there are challenges, the future for Kenyan music is bright.
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