Myko Ouma-Guitarist/Traditional Instrumentalist

            Myko Ouma is 21 years old and has a great passion for African music. He is a very talented guitar player, and plays a myriad of instruments including bass guitar, keyboard, drums among other instruments. While at school, he learned to play several traditional instruments and took part in school music festivals.

            He has played with Kinobe (www.kinobe.org) in Europe and other Ugandan artists on the world music scene. Myko started playing guitar when he was 13 years old and is an Afro-western instrumentalist. He has a passion for Latin flavoured music and zouk and looks up to Abraham Laboriel, Mexican bassist and founder of Koinana band.

Myko hopes to transform the direction of Ugandan music, and says fusion is the way to go in order to acheive that.

Joshua Ijala- Thumb Pianist/Vocalist

            Joshua Ijala has been playing thumb piano all his life and calls himself the "thumb piano guru of Soroti". He grew up in a very poor family and due to lack of school fees, he stopped his education in primary school. Fortunately for him, he was a talented musician, and good at the thumb piano so he formed his own music team in Soroti, Eastern Uganda. Led by Joshua, this team of thumb piano players has been travelling performing music in different parts of the country. He teaches thumb piano for a living.

 Joshua believes that traditional Ugandan music has been adulterated by what most Ugandans perceive as modern music thus becoming less valuable and meaningful to the people of Uganda. Joshua has a passion for African music and wants to learn more about world music in order to take part in the global music scene. He greatly respects Ugandan musicians like the late Philly Lutaaya R.I.P, who worked had to get Ugandan music recognized on the world music scene.