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Reflections on Africa. After all, it’s all about the Music
Written by Jimmy
Having returned from the fourth Singing Wells Field Visit, this time to record the music of the Kalenjin, Jimmy reflects on why he loves African Music so much….
A Happy Ending for Two Fish Tales
Written by Jimmy
There’s a lot of bad news in the paper. So, I was happy to read about this one. the Buxton Mermad and Mermain have been re-united in the same musuem. …Read more
Reason 376 why the Singing Wells Project is important and worth it
Written by Hannah
You have most likely come across Singing Wells if you are familiar with Abubilla, as it is part of the Abubilla Foundation and lots of news is posted on our…Read more
4 pictures I wish I had taken….
Written by Jimmy
One little Christmas project was to watch the NASA Greatest Mission series. Useful to remind me of how amazing, and how ridiculously dangerous, all those missions were. Apollo 8 tested…Read more
World Cup 2014 – Número um
Written by Ogechi Umezuruike
So, as the World Cup ended last Sunday, I thought it would be a good idea to revive that football spirit by putting together a World Cup playlist which will…Read more
My Top 10 Songs for Summer 2014!
Written by Ogechi Umezuruike
Hi everyone! Now that school’s finished and the summer holidays have begun for many, I thought it would be a great idea to make a summer playlist of some hit…Read more
14.05.17 This Week In the Studio
Written by Ogechi Umezuruike
The Abubilla assistants So the studio was open, and we all had a fairly early 10am start! The morning started off with Ogechi making a quick trip to the shops…Read more
Do You Wanna Play?
Written by Ogechi Umezuruike
So early this year, Olivia let you all know about a new and talented artist, Hannah Dorman. She’s a country-rock young singer who also writes her own songs. She’s launching…Read more
Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate at the Jazz Cafe
Written by oliviawallwork
Finally got to see my favourite “African-hip-hop-fusion duo” this weekend at the Jazz Cafe, Camden!
Weray Ent; Up-and-coming group
Written by Ogechi Umezuruike
So Weray Ent are a new, fresh afrobeats group. As you may or may not know, afrobeats is a new genre of music which is influenced by traditional African music,…Read more