Maurice Kirya is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Uganda. Kirya likes to call his music fusion soul because of the way he fuses African percussions, African vocals with western and eastern influence.
Kirya has performed with Moussa Diallo (Mali), 2 Face Idibia (Nigeria), Yvonne Chaka Chaka (S. Africa), Indigenous (Belgium) Susanna Owiyo (Kenya), AY (Tanzania) among many. “I would like to hold workshops with musicians in every festival I attend, so we can rehearse a song that calls for peace throughout the world.”
Kirya was born into a musical family, almost all his siblings are singers. He grew up singing in school choirs, gospel churches, and later on joined non-government organizations were he reached out to educate the youth through music about HIV AIDS and raising money for open heart surgeries in Uganda
Discography:
Misubbaawa (2009)
The book of Kirya (2012)
Mwooyo (2015)
Free Dreams (2017)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
Maan kirya is musically made..
I’m impressed with the talent..
If other ugandans can’t see this guy in time…they may keep regretting in the future…
But we have talented people
I know eastern Uganda we are the home of music in Uganda