African Folk Artist, Music Educationist, Multi instrumentalist and an Endangered Enanga player from south Western Uganda. With his fusion band they play over 18 instruments on stage.
Baptized the Ambassador of Folk Music by Nation Media Group
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BIO
He is the only professional artist from the Bakiga Ethnicity playing Endangered Enanga instrument that was a strong tool of worship and entertainment.
He has Appeared on several stages in Belgium, Uganda, kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Tunisia. As a performer with vibrant African folk fusion with jazz and pop styles characterized by complex rhythms.
He started music as young as 14 years taught to sing by his mother Karungi Ruth, later on guitar, keyboard, drums under kigezi Baptist church were he started to play in church. later went on to play in bands like Galaxy band, Melo Tunes as a bassist and guitarist. In 2020 he started his own band Evolution band that played cover songs and Christian music.
Having learnt traditional folk music under the apprenticeship of legendary musician Rurihona Enos he recruited him to perform in his performing troupe that groomed him in dance, drama and instruments. He later joined Kyambogo university for Diploma in music Education and later Makerere University for Bachelor Degree of Arts in Music that expanded his knowledge and skills in composition, arrangement, Directing and management.
He was a music director for the ACT MUKO string orchestra for three yours, Directing Staff under the UPDF, directed several church choirs,bands and taught in several schools.
His professional music journey as a performer is largely facilitated by his love for culture and sharing his art and culture with the world. Enanga instrument being at risk of extinction NAHABWE has played it in Europe and around Africa.
He has made collaboration with great names like Youth (Producer of the Beatles and Paul McCartney) Razoof (Germany ) Kim Castle (Norway )THII Uganda, mention it.
With one of his songs kunira abagyenyi being play listed by BBC around the round as number seven.
PERFORMANCES AND APPEARANCES
*Festival Dranouter Belgium 2025
*Ethno Flanders concert GHENT(Belgium)
2025
*Bayimba International festival of arts 2024,2025,2026
*Tales of Kigezi(proprietor) 2022
*East African music festival (kigali)2023
*Virunga Arts festival (Kigali)2023
*Nairobi Central Bank MDD festival 2016
*Keynera world food carnival Uganda
2024
*Mliege festival 2017,2025
*Bakiga Nation 2017,2018,2022,2023,2024
*kalabash festival 2023,2024
*shaku shaku art and film festival 2024
*Nyege Nyege festival 2022
*Resident performer at safari maze
Kampala, and The Gathering place
kabale district (Uganda )
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