Harry Lwanga has shared stages with some of Uganda’s top names in music. PHOTO/COURTESY
On stage: On April 12, a little-known but profound artiste will have a show at the National Theatre titled Suubi! Promise Twinamukye caught up with him.
Harry II ‘The Lungfishman’ Lwanga has quietly been on the music scene for decades. At almost 55 years, Lwanga, originally a self-professed bassist, now rides as an acoustic guitarist. On his circuit of experience, he boasts of working with the greatest artistes in Uganda such as Elly Wamala, Hope Mukasa, Moses Matovu, Frank Mbalire, as well as Frank Morel, with whom they began a drive to put Jazz music on the Ugandan scene with their group Blue Moon Jazz.
Lwanga was also a co-founder of the erstwhile Misty Jazz with Mbalire and Matovu. He has shared the same stage with Maurice Kirya, Isaiah Katumwa and countless other artistes, quite apart from a stint as a writer and music critique for the City Beat. He is also a self-published poet. One might quite wonder how it is that he is so unsung!
CONTINUE READING… Harry Lwanga back on stage with Suubi
Don’t want to miss out on any story? For updates on all Sqoop stories, follow this link on Telegram: https://t.me/Sqoop