Kenya Music

[farmersunionftw]

you play that bucket

[nutopiansg]

this sounds like apalacian mountain folk music, it travelled well .we are all one inside.

[BiGuy19]

Keeping the beat as steady as that is hard...props

[TheMundo2012]

Belissimo!*****

[travvanwyck]

Going to Kenya this summer! I'm thrilled

[schymbros]

Great tune on great instruments - keep it up

[333Ni333]

God bless Mother Africa

[mallory161]

... nice vid, nice cut ... I wish I was there ... leg bouncing 32ns ... heh not heh the first heh time ... weed ...

[AfricanPrincess999]

Lovely :)

[ThinK80226]

Beautiful would be a word full of flavor, and respect would be significant, even if I had hands like those.

[MsCaleb79]

one good song!!!

[MrMuddyBleach]

How's he playing that?

[jokiexx]

they've the beat

[getdown1983]

Nice in my eays!

[wara714]

I like it!

[CapoeiristanoBrasil]

I love this its just pure music gonna add this to my playlist! Love it!!!

[chambagi]

its called nyatiti from the luo tribe.

[gameglichers]

the guitar is soooo geto and the drum is just a fucking bowl

[MrMuddyBleach]

@gameglichers That's what makes it great man. Great music.

[itsbone141]

someone should remix it, seriously!

[Moothereporter]

SKILLS.

[Rattlehead942]

that was awesome made me wanna get up n dance

[muibaykus]

this is good job. congratulations from turkey

[elguapotetigre]

Awesome!

[itsbone141]

I like it!

[DrButler]

The name of the exotic instrument that man is playing is...the guitar. Most people don't realize that the Guitar is african in origin, and was introduced to the rest of the world by the Spanish.

[whattheheckevr]

@DrButler To DrButler Cool I Did Not Know That

[whattheheckevr]

@DrButler To DrButler ; Could it be possible that the guitar as well as other things originated by other cultures as well? Can people have the same ideas even though they are from different areas and creat the same/similar things in origin?

[barbaryfair]

@DrButler The guitar's basic forms originated in the 12th century in Europe and was closer to things from India. This instrument doesn't have a neck with frets. Stop making crap up.

[ph1lk]

awsum beat

[standingcrane]

Wow !!



[Wrathfist]

i like it

[AcidParanoid]

he got a golden watch???

[chaimoto]

@AcidParanoid LOL. Travel alittle. I once thought the world revolved around me, I now know that people have stuff too. National Geographic gives you a skewed pictures of things. Those guys are learned and smart. Don't be foul by instruments they are playing.

[AcidParanoid]

where i can found the tab?

[greylag123]

I like This music so much and I play this video on and on.....

[tarekabdelosamabinfa]

very cool

[wolfpete23036]

Awesome!! Nice Music!!

[chaimoto]

these guys looks like kenya army relaxing and enjoying samburu music.

[tuunayt]

i added it to my playlist :D

[greenman1694]

@tuunayt did u actually add this to your playlist wow :I

[tuunayt]

@greenman1694 i think it is pure music :D without studio, aftereffects, million dollars and sexy girls...

[MrZetruth]

i love kenya!

[ohjaikheetemma]

Awesome!

xx shannen en emma

[wagnerderek]

looks sounds E key

[uthinkof]

I love african men!

[soggywaffles12345]

my favorite part was the solo.

[jimikurteddie6]

Does anyone know what key this would be in? I'm in a music class and am using this piece in a musical "investigation/comparison". Any other information would be greatly appreciated.

[MortenBoHansen]

HAHA!! the comments below absolutely killed me!

[logisysmax20]

you mispelled mommy you stupid fuck

[0tto777]

if you're english it's mummy

[logisysmax20]

@0tto777 my apologies

[ChadJHachey]

i wonder how that guitar works with no frets, really blows my mind, is he hitting all the notes in harmonics>? if so thats fucking amazing

[rebop73]

fantastici....

[TheTruthUnderTheHood]

@trishaashraf if you like poetry you will like this poem search "Is the cross christian" it will blow your mind!!!!!!!!

[donut761]

AAAAAH:D quite!!!! i want one:D:D

[ironbuttermilk]

I'd love to take the Kanye's and 50 Cent's of this world and replace them all with guys like these. Real fucking talent!!!!!

[paddylane44]

@ironbuttermilk how about nas and damien, not like their album?

[whattheheckevr]

@ironbuttermilk To ironbuttermilk : I agree except for the "f-word"which although I have said it I now find it to be negative and not a positive re-enforcement to my inner self. -Peace

[cmcespedes2]

@ironbuttermilk  Amen to that.

[blendingsounds]

@ironbuttermilk There's no need to downplay other people's skill just because these guys are great!

[ironbuttermilk]

@blendingsounds I disagree. It offends me that people with No Musical Ability other than poking at buttons and talking (if you call That musical. . . I don't) win awards, kudos and rake in bazillions when those with actual Talent languish in obscurity. These are my opinions, to which I am entitled (being an actual musician myself). You don't see the need? I do! That is where we differ.

[georgeherriman]

@ironbuttermilk hm. but notice the poster of the video hasn't bothered to tell us these guys' names...

[ironbuttermilk]

@georgeherriman Which indicates what? Are you trying to imply something? You might notice quite an awful lot of videos posted featuring various street musicians, and those rarely include names either.

[uninc620]

creation from zero, beautiful music without actual "instruments"... bravo guys...

[Excusys]

Sounds awesome !

[Fulmis12]

look the arm clock lol!!! it's gold!!!

[crazycahit]

my brothers i miss u ill be home soon

[shit311]

makes me wanna go outside under the sun

[Bonsay3]

Music is very interessant and good.

[pezzle1097]

@Bonsay3 qu est ce tu dit parle francais si tu fait ou fais lol jk

[PeponeNRC]

Exelent!

[Gabbos]

nice tune.....

[GTAsuperplayer]

this vid shows how can a human have great fun and without luxurious live...

[lamariusescu]

you're fuckin right :)

[Kt087]

that's a really good one! it's hard to find good stuff like this on youtube! thanks!

[Zpejaren]

Ye you have right ethiolve, Africa wins.

[wachaushenzi]

Raw Rock  music

[ethiolve]

BEAUTIFUL....I love Africa...the best place to live in...the culture the weather the people...Simply EVERYTHING

[TombaFanatic]

The weather and the people can also make it the worst place to live. Although I would love to see a much richer Africa, where people don't starve, AIDS isn't a major disease, genocide isn't a fear, and can play in the world economy.

Africa has so much to offer, and it's beautiful, shame it's in such a poor state.

[ethiolve]

I can't see how the weather make it a difficult place to live in.u'll know what I am talking about if u've been there....about the people it's a lack of education and I believe one day Africa will be where it deserves to be...don't forget once upon a time all the rich countries were poor..... TIme changes everything

[TombaFanatic]

It's a matter of taste with weather. I'm sure Africa has a variety of environments. And it wasn't so much that I was complaining about the people as much as the corrupt governments and the few committing atrocities against mankind.

I feel a connection to Africa, seeing as how it's the birthplace of mankind. That is why I think it deserves more than what it has. But in the state it is now, I don't think I'd even visit it. But your right, time changes everything. Just not soon enough. :(

[ethiolve]

who expected to have this recession for many ppl to loose their jobs and for some to loose their lives. who Knows when Africa will change. I think it is impossible to predict when it will change and with all respect you can't comment on a continent which you have never even been to and it doesn't make any difference if you make a visit or not. That would be your personal choice.

[jamesjdm]

you sound like someone who has never lived there. those things are problems but it does not take away from what the OP said, the culture is amazing, the weather is most places is great and the land is beautiful. funny thing is, most of the problems Africa has it inherited from colonial rule and events that resulted as the colonial masters pulled out over night.

world economy...yeah that is working out so well for everyone else isn't it.

[TombaFanatic]

I love all cultures, and Africa is very beautiful. Perhaps the most beautiful of all continents I'm not saying the problems are Africa's fault (though corrupt leaders don't help). I'm hoping that one day they'll be able to overcome the problems.

But I guess it's a matter of taste on where you want to live. I wouldn't want to live in Africa now, but if you would, more power to you.

[derekn210]

i dont see y people think africa is such a bad country. and oooo pity the kids living in africa, its no tht bad. i think that living in america is much worse. our country sucks.

[hakim01]

Who is this? Sara Palin, Africa is not a country...just to let u know.

[meazymutua13]

I miss Kenya ='(

[11yossi11]

awesome

[jenifaw]

I think this is traditional Samburu music.??

[kenya81h]

its akamba song not samburu

[akuraoo]

It is Samburu language, not Akamba...

[FreedomFighterI]

that's called Maa (Samburu & Maasai language)

[wachaushenzi]

real Afro rock for you

[NoMemory]

Sounds like Wagner

[Suhoj86]

WOW... catch the rhythm

[Slackerx89]

WOW! music in its creative form!!

[kenyasdream]

Love it!

[ShaylaRocksUrSocks94]

thats so cool! ive always wanted to go to africa and see what part i come from. :) i love the music and dance. its so fun ^.^

[shwaaghuae]

VERY NICE

I HOPE TO HEAR MORE ..

[rbaleksandar]

Me too. That is so relaxing.

[poopninga]

im going to uganda as a misionary woopwoop please pray~!!!!!,dl;fk

[dbadagna]

Do you know the name of this instrument, and from which ethnic group these performers come?

[Billtoone]

I wish I could help with any certainty - they were filmed at the Mpala Research Station in the Laikipia region of Kenya.

[dbadagna]

Thank you for the additional details. It appears as though the player constructed the instrument's body out of a discarded drawer, whereas most of the lyres in this region are made from bowl-shaped resonators that are covered with animal skin, as the nyatiti and obukano/obokano seen in the YouTube videos N_ZB5jqpxKg and 0DWAHzb9goo .

[SgtSanchez]

It's really cool you can tell all that just from a video. I don't mean this offensively, but it's also kind of scary. :P

[pappyfiddle]

It looks to me like he's plucking with his right hand and fretting with his left... only there's NO FRETS!!! Air frets Howzee do that?

[dbadagna]

This is a lyre so, like a harp, it's played with all open strings, so no frets are necessary. It looks like it has about 8 strings, which is enough for the piece he's playing (just two chords). In Ethiopia, the left hand often blocks the notes the player doesn't need while the right hand strums but I can't figure out exactly what this player's left hand is doing.

[leftysergeant]

He appears to pluck the two outer strings at some points. As with the krar, the sound is diffferent when you strum or pluck farther out from the bridge. He does appear to block some strings to play chords.

I can't really hear well enough to be sure that that is what he is doing,

[leftysergeant]

It actually seems to have more in common with the Ethiopian/Eritrean krar than with any nyatiti I have seen pictured in any source yet. The playing technique even seems more krar-like. Most of the footage I have seen of nyatiti players have them held horizontal or with the left post sitting on the ground.

[dbadagna]

It's a shame that "most" of the nyatiti footage on YouTube is fewer than five or six videos...and the other East African lyres are even more scarce. I don't know if it's because there aren't many people putting videos on YouTube in those areas, or whether they're just more interested in benga or whatever the popular music styles are than the traditional instruments.

[leftysergeant]

This might be a good time for anyone with any access to African videos to get them up on the tube, especially if they relate to Kenyan Luo. They seem to be drawing a bit of attention lately.

There are dozens of Ethiopian and Eritrean videos of lyre (krar) players on YT. This instrument is even shaped like an electric krar. Google Dawit Shilan for a good example.

[kenya81h]

I think our KENYAN  ministry of culture n tourism are doing nothing to promote this songs through any available means of communication especially on you tube

[MTOTOwaNYAYO]

Its a Wandindi also called Nyatiti. The ethnic group is Luo (obamas dad is a member) from western Kenya

[dbadagna]

Are you sure it's a Luo nyatiti? This is not Nyanza, it's Laikipia, in central Kenya. Other Kenyan ethnic groups also have their own lyres (like the different litungus used by the Luhya, Bukusu, Kuria, and Kisii, or the Kisii obokano), and this doesn't look like other nyatitis I've seen (as for example played by the young Japanese musician on YouTube).

Also, the wandindi isn't a lyre, it's a fiddle with two strings.

It's interesting that the Luo are visible on the world stage due to Mr. Obama.

[leftysergeant]

Count the shadows of the tuning pegs. There are six, like a krar. I believe a nyatiti usually has eight, and is plucked with the fingers of both hands above the body.

[Goatboy44spl]

@dbadagna The string instrument is a lyre, or an attempt at one. The percussion instrument looks like its just an upturned bucket of some kind.

[xxxthejackalxxx]

music like this is very peaceful and relaxing, i would love to visit africa one day.

[mcbollie2000]

i like the fact its catchy and was made with simply a guitar and beating the back of a container.

[zeeweey]

i would do anything to go to africa and see jsut this

[xxxLilMzpurrfectxxx]

my mum and her whole side of the family is kenyan, and i've been there twice, lol, kind of shmaeful. but yes it is beautiful, shame with all the things that have been happening over there though.

[ReloadXD6]

I am so glad to see that ppl actually like this music. I am 100 percent Kenyan and proud to see that people finally care about Kenya and it's culture, and stop making us seem like starving malnutriened people in mud huts. KENYA FOREVER!

[jackie7068]

Hello motherland, proud to be part of this.

[resey91]

This is absolutely epic.

Im going to Kenya in january and totally hope to hear some sweet stuff like this :)

Thanks for posting!

[largemoose]

It's actually reminiscent of blues to some extent.

[justonking123]

i want to hear more music like this :)

[beatletologist]

jabanana bobobo

[EdmontonKing]

respect.

[maladziecc]

dwóch czarnych na kawałku kawałka niczego gra lepiej niż superekstra gwiazdy z NewYork... Szacunek i pozdro!! Polish people

[kosai19]

Has a really interesting sound. Never really heard anything like it before. I like the way he uses his voice as a sort of musical instrument itself in the way that he annunciates his words. Thanks for sharing.

[SgtSanchez]

everyone uses their voice as an instrument in song. that's the point...

[imthehunta12]

rap insult this music....

[1peoplesun]

truth x

[Iantheparty]

Those are fake, they have been around since the 90's and it's a FACT that their fake. Please do not post those anymore because someone might not know and get really upset.

[ALIHAIDER123456789]

when i was in kenya

i met the kikuyu tribe

and there type of music is very similar

i absoloutly love this kind of music:D

[chumpthedog]

Check out the article in the latest "Fretboard Journal" about Benga guitarists in Kenya if you like this stuff.

[deemkati]

Absolutely fabulous, I love this sort of authentic vocals and instruments without high voltage amplifiers. People like these should be encouraged to keep preserving the traditions that are vanishing so fast.

[DexterKennel]

The real sound from africa. I love this kind of music. A pity we don't hear it more often.

[Beloved0968]

As an African-American of many generations, I desparately need to hear more of this music. Africa unite!!

[omowahala]

I am from Niaja... I love this kind of music it sound's like the igbo folklore music... Did any one know where I can get the CD or something...

Long live MotherLand AFRICAN!

[Billtoone]

I taped these men playing in a camp at the Mpala Research Center in Laikipia - they were working there cooking and taking care of some teachers. They were shy about playing - there is no CD of these men and I do not know what there might be in terms of Igbo Folklore and music. Thanks for listening.

[smurfaka]

africa is not a country dude :P

[Yassmine10]

pole pole...nice

[XxZipitoxX]

OMG That is freaking awesome. I need to go to kenya and hire those 2

[dr1gba]

Kenya weiter so!!!!!

i love Kenya

i miss Nairobi

[BBeatrices]

love music like this

[nshimiye]

I LIKE IT

[spygirlinternational]

Where can I get the cd?

[mokunu]

we should promote our traditional songs ,well done ,this is great.

[Mbere7]

GOOD KEEP IT UP!

[mrnoulle]

vipi,

[johnlocke90]

jambo!!

[dortpimpinjean]

excellent!!!

[sukenya300]

I loved!-Sueli-Brasil