Seby Ntege

Seby Ntege is a uniquely charismatic singer and songwriter from the Busoga region of eastern Uganda, an area renowned for producing some of East Africa’s best multi-instrumentalists. Seby himself is a master of half a dozen folkloric instruments, including the akogo thumb piano, endongo lyre, adungu harp, and the one stringed fiddle called endingidi.
Relocating to London in his twenties Seby quickly gained respect as an ambassador of traditional Ugandan music, whilst his musical curiosity soon led to fruitful collaborations with various celebrated artists, notably acclaimed Gambian Kora player Sona Jobarteh.

In 2018, gathering a multicultural band around him, Seby distilled this journey into a highly autobiographical album that would showcase his virtuosity as a musician.
Described by Seby as “a musical memoir of 15 years of living in the UK” the album Five Notes relates all that Seby has learnt – the five notes of the album’s title referencing both the five note pentatonic scale in which Ugandan instruments are tuned, and the autobiographical content of the songs.

2021 saw Seby release a five track EP entitled Nomads and an extension of this into his 2022 album Love and heritage. The songs consider what it means to travel and to return, and how home can be found in both a place and a person. Featuring the traditional folkloric instruments Seby introduced listeners to on his 2018 album.

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