Seby's
new album, Katonda Kyakuwa
Featuring endongo thumb piano, tube fiddles, panpipes, amadinda xylophones,
ngoni, guitars and drums fused together with his music buddies around the
country.
Inspired by the traditional songs from eastern Uganda, Seby crosses
borders and tradtional music boundaries to create something unique and eccentric.
Listen here
Forthcoming Events
21 November 2009 : Seby and his London-based Ngoma band will
be performing at a charity event for football star, Didier Drogba, and his team mates in aid of his charity
the "Didier Drogba Foundation" at the Dorchester Hotel, Mayfair, London.
28 November 2009 : Seby and Ngoma will be performing at a community
event organised by the African Advocacy Foundation in celebration of World Aids Day.
26 November 2009 : Seby Ntege will be performing at the Spectrums of Sound
annual musical extravaganza and celebration of musical diversity at Victorial Hall, Hanley, along with accomplished guitarist
Mr Will and his band Planet Sound. Seby will be fronting the band on lead vocals, playing thumb piano endongo.
Have a look at Seby and Planet Sound in action ...
Contact Seby for more information on any of the above.
Katonda Kyakuwa, 'God Provides', is a song that Seby composed in a traditional style from Busoga, Uganda. He plays a 14-pronged thumbpiano called endongo, and is accompanied by Andy playing a one string endingidi fiddle.
Ganga Alula, 'Ganga had a lucky escape', is a royal song from Buganda in Uganda. Andy is playing an ennanga harp, a rare 8-stringed instrument from Buganda, traditionally used for entertaining the Kabaka (King) and other dignitories. The distinctive buzzing sound of the instrument comes from the grazing of the strings against rings of lizard skin. Seby accompanies with his endongo thumbpiano from Busoga, Uganda.
WOMAD, 24 - 26 July 2009
Listen to Sebi's
interview with Lucy Duran on BBC Radio 3, broadcast live from WOMAD
on Saturday 25 July.
Nile Beat Artists with Seby Ntege
Seby performed with the Nile Beat Artists in Uganda for a number of years before coming to the UK. Below you can see
a performace at a local wedding.
Drum Camp, 10 - 13 July 2008
Seby led a Ugandan music workshop at Drum Camp last year, and he performed
with his group, Embaire Strikes Back, on Sunday evening. Have a look at the photos and video below.
Click on the images to enlarge.
