{"id":643,"date":"2026-02-06T08:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/?p=643"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:22:13","slug":"gethsemane-melodies-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/music\/gethsemane-melodies-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"Gethsemane Melodies Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 350px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4126171613\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/minimal=true\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/gethsemanemelodieschoir.bandcamp.com\/album\/chants-of-worship-from-western-kenya\">Chants of Worship from Western Kenya by Gethsemane Melodies Choir<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div>Formed during the Covid year 2021, Gethsemane Melodies Choir is an all-female choir, bringing together women, many of them farmers and of older age, from Mulinga and the surrounding villages. Although the group was founded in a church and still practices in it, the singers don&#8217;t see themselves as a mere church choir and more so as a keeper of regional musical heritage. Their repertoire mostly comes from church songs which touch upon biblical and spiritual themes and are sung in Luhya, Kiswahili and English. What makes Gethsemane Melodies Choir so special are their energetic and somewhat fragmented interpretations, as their chants fill the air with electricity, carried by the thumping percussion of their drums and the inyingo, a traditional clay pot instrument.<br \/>\nThis energy has made Gethsemane Melodies Choir known beyond the boundaries of Mulinga village and as a group they have won over 50 trophies in both regional and national choir competitions. A true natural force coming to Music From East Africa! This album is part of Music From East Africa&#8217;s &#8222;Field Recordings from Western Kenya&#8220; series.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Musicians recorded on this Album<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Sopranos:<\/strong><br \/>\nMercy Agini<br \/>\nLaura Muronji<br \/>\nMagret Orira<br \/>\nJudith Yabui<br \/>\nJacklene Khahandali<br \/>\nMercy Igaba<br \/>\nRebah Imungu<\/div>\n<div><strong>Altos:<\/strong><br \/>\nNancy Kageha<br \/>\nEster Andenyi<br \/>\nBeatrice Ogada<br \/>\nRose Godia<br \/>\nSusan Kareha<br \/>\nEster Kanyangi<br \/>\nMagret Ngonera<br \/>\nSisilia Fundi<br \/>\nRena Imungu<br \/>\nRuth Egosangwa<br \/>\nAshaba Maureen<br \/>\nGrace Ayuma<br \/>\nEmily<\/div>\n<div><strong>Tenor:<\/strong><br \/>\nMargret Amunza<br \/>\nEverlene Mideva<br \/>\nSolome Andisi<br \/>\nAbigael Midecha<br \/>\nBenard Fundi<br \/>\nSabet Mudanya<\/div>\n<div><strong>Bases:<\/strong><br \/>\nBonface Moi<br \/>\nEvance Munavi<br \/>\nAlfred Nyunga<\/div>\n<div><strong>Choir Leader<\/strong><br \/>\nJasper K. Jumba<\/div>\n<div><strong>Drums, Percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nKelvin AginiRecorded by Max Doblhoff<br \/>\nMixdown by Sidney Simila<br \/>\nMastering by Mario Stadler (Goonmastering)<br \/>\nCover Art &amp; Video by Johannes Walter<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chants of Worship from Western Kenya by Gethsemane Melodies Choir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652,"href":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions\/652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicfromeastafrica.com\/promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}