Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to our Singing Wells Top 20 - A celebration of our favourite moments of our travels and discovery over the last 10 years. We continue this trip down memory lane with Number 19: Makunga.
Our original intent at Singing Wells was to continue the incredible work of Hugh Tracy, a man who travelled East Africa creating audio recordings of different groups between 1930-1960. An initial idea of travelling with a mobile recording studio was quashed when we realised that a van full of equipment and the soaring heat was not an ideal match. However, once we started recording visually the unique and captivating performances we found, we realised that we couldn’t continue Tracy’s legacy unless we developed it. To separate the visuals from the music was a disservice to capturing the real performances.
Not only do we see the importance of visuals in the performance of Makunga, but we’ve seen this proved multiple times on our travels.
To see the rest of the Top 20 and learn more about our 10 year journey, head to:
singingwells.org/anniversary-top20
For full performances please check out the videos on the rest of our channel!
Welcome to our Singing Wells Top 20 - A celebration of our favourite moments of our travels and discovery over the last 10 years. We continue this trip down memory lane with Number 19: Makunga.
Our original intent at Singing Wells was to continue the incredible work of Hugh Tracy, a man who travelled East Africa creating audio recordings of different groups between 1930-1960. An initial idea of travelling with a mobile recording studio was quashed when we realised that a van full of equipment and the soaring heat was not an ideal match. However, once we started recording visually the unique and captivating performances we found, we realised that we couldn’t continue Tracy’s legacy unless we developed it. To separate the visuals from the music was a disservice to capturing the real performances.
Not only do we see the importance of visuals in the performance of Makunga, but we’ve seen this proved multiple times on our travels.
To see the rest of the Top 20 and learn more about our 10 year journey, head to:
singingwells.org/anniversary-top20
For full performances please check out the videos on the rest of our channel!
