Your cart is currently empty!
Category: News
-
Ssewa Ssewa’s Beautifully-constructed Ugandan Sound
SOURCE : WORLD MUSIC CENTRAL Ssewa Ssewa – Nva K’la (ARC Music, 2020) Ugandan multi-instrumentalist, composer and musical instrumental innovator Ssewakiryanga James Jr., better known as Ssewa Ssewa, plays superb modern Ugandan music rooted in tradition. One of the main instruments he uses on his new album Nva K’la (“From Kampala”) is the janzi harp.…
-
Ssewa Ssewa launches ‘janzi’ music instrument
SOURCE: BUSINESS DAILY AFRICA After the successful official launch of his 22-stringed janzi musical instrument at Katonga Hall, Kampala Serena Hotel on April 13, the Ugandan Afro-fusion and folk artist James Ssewakiryanga Jnr is looking forward to touring Kenya. “I don’t have plans yet to introduce the janzi in Kenya. But if I got the…
-
Uganda: Ssewa Ssewa to launch janzi instrument at home
SOURCE : MUSIC AFRICA Ugandan multi-instrumentalist Ssewa Ssewa is looking to engage a new audience as he becomes the first musician in the East African country to invent and patent a traditionally inspired instrument. Ssewa Ssewa will hold the official launch for his janzi, a 22-string harp-like instrument tuned to two different scales, at Katonga Hall in Kampala,…