Toro’s Kigambo does it again
Jul 10, 2008
FORT Portal’s music sensation, Araali Kigambo, has done it again. Following his hugely successful debut album, Ekirale, released last year, Kigambo is back with another exhilarating six-track album, titled <i>Enembe</i>.
By Gilbert Mwijuke
FORT Portal’s music sensation, Araali Kigambo, has done it again. Following his hugely successful debut album, Ekirale, released last year, Kigambo is back with another exhilarating six-track album, titled Enembe.
The album follows in the mould of its predecessor: traditional instruments, including the xylophone, tube fiddle, long drum, flute and shakers are dominant throughout the album. Except Kigambo’s songwriting has gone a notch up.
With the title track, Enembe, already making waves in western Uganda, the album should be the perfect follow-up to the PAM Award-winning Ekirale, which earned the artiste national recognition.
On Enembe, Kigambo reminds us of the old saying that the truth is bitter. In his own words: “In Toro, Enembe is something that is very bitter.â€
Ebahasa decries nepotism, hypocrisy and corruption. The singer says these ills have eaten deep into today’s society. The song has a catchy, repetitive chorus; the kind that will get lodged in any listener’s brain on the first listen.
Kigambo then prophesies chaos in Ikara Bulindaara, warning listeners to watch their backs about the ever changing social, political and economic situation. The xylophone dominates on the preachy
Baitwa Abaabu, which talks of how trust is a necessity for survival; not just an emotional luxury. In the song, Kigambo warns that the people that you call your friends are, at the same time, your most potential enemies.
He calls for the rebuilding of Toro in Ekitukufeera, where he reminisces about the good old days when Toro was still one of the best places to live in in Uganda.
He is dismayed by the fact that Fort Portal, Toro sub-region’s capital, cannot make the list of Uganda’s best towns today, contrary to the past.
The singer challenges his fellow Batoro to work together towards the redevelopment of their kingdom.
Recorded and produced by Andrew Kawesi of Debate Records, this album is expected to hit the shelves by the end of next month.
FORT Portal’s music sensation, Araali Kigambo, has done it again. Following his hugely successful debut album, Ekirale, released last year, Kigambo is back with another exhilarating six-track album, titled Enembe.
The album follows in the mould of its predecessor: traditional instruments, including the xylophone, tube fiddle, long drum, flute and shakers are dominant throughout the album. Except Kigambo’s songwriting has gone a notch up.
With the title track, Enembe, already making waves in western Uganda, the album should be the perfect follow-up to the PAM Award-winning Ekirale, which earned the artiste national recognition.
On Enembe, Kigambo reminds us of the old saying that the truth is bitter. In his own words: “In Toro, Enembe is something that is very bitter.â€
Ebahasa decries nepotism, hypocrisy and corruption. The singer says these ills have eaten deep into today’s society. The song has a catchy, repetitive chorus; the kind that will get lodged in any listener’s brain on the first listen.
Kigambo then prophesies chaos in Ikara Bulindaara, warning listeners to watch their backs about the ever changing social, political and economic situation. The xylophone dominates on the preachy
Baitwa Abaabu, which talks of how trust is a necessity for survival; not just an emotional luxury. In the song, Kigambo warns that the people that you call your friends are, at the same time, your most potential enemies.
He calls for the rebuilding of Toro in Ekitukufeera, where he reminisces about the good old days when Toro was still one of the best places to live in in Uganda.
He is dismayed by the fact that Fort Portal, Toro sub-region’s capital, cannot make the list of Uganda’s best towns today, contrary to the past.
The singer challenges his fellow Batoro to work together towards the redevelopment of their kingdom.
Recorded and produced by Andrew Kawesi of Debate Records, this album is expected to hit the shelves by the end of next month.