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DIBLO DIBALA BIOGRAPHY

December 09, 2024 - 03:00 PM Diblo Dibala, often known simply as Diblo, is a Congolese soukous musician, known as "Machine Gun" for his speed and skill on the guitar. He was born in 1954 in Kisangani. He moved to Kinshasa as a child, and aged 15 won a talent competition which led to him playing guitar in Franco's TPOK band. Dibala remained with the group for only a short period, going on to play with Vox Africa, Orchestra Bella Mambo, and Bella Bella, in which band he first played with Kanda Bongo Man. Diblo earned his musical reputation in Paris, but he began his career in Congo-Kinshasa, playing in relative obscurity with Bella Mambo, an offshoot of the popular band Bella Bella. Together with singer Kanda Bongo Man,......

THE MAGIC IN NYBOMA'S VOCALS

December 08, 2024 - 08:05 PM In a tète-à-tète with one top Congolese musician who has worked with almost all the genre's big bands, he confided to Jabulani that Nyboma was the greatest singer DRC ever had. The musician who had wished to remain anonymous opened up that Nyboma's smooth high tenor is ranked top notched in the industry and thus the explanation there was a scramble for him in the early 1970s, with everyone salivating for a bit of the singing sensation. To buttress his point, the said musician threw in two songs, Kamale which Nyboma did with Orchestra Lipua Lipua, and Ayi Djo which he did with Orchestra Kamale. Indeed, Nyboma's singing prowess in the two songs is very exceptional. To......

LOKASSA YA M'BONGO

December 08, 2024 - 07:26 AM In the world of Congolese music, where lead guitarists often take the spotlight, Lokassa ya M'bongo stands out as a rhythm guitarist who achieved stardom. His journey began in 1968 with one of Africa’s greatest bands, Afrisa, led by the legendary Tabu Ley Rochereau. Initially, the band was known as African Fiesta Nationale, and Lokassa spent years in the background, playing alongside prominent musicians like Attel Mbumba, Michelino Mavatiku Visi, and Dino Vangu. For a decade, he contributed to the success of Afrisa’s hits and performed on the international stage, including the band's breakthrough shows at the Olympia in Paris in 1970. In 1978, during an Afrisa tour, Lokassa,......

KASONGO TRENDS

December 07, 2024 - 12:23 PM Do you want your son to become a musician? Name him, KASONGO. It is a musician's name. 1. ANTOINE KASONGO is the first generation who recorded at Ngoma in the 50s. His peers were Paul Mwanga, Camile Feruzi, Leon Bukassa, Wendo Nkolosoy, Henri Bowane, my favorite musician Henrique Tinapa, etc. Franco, Grand Kale, Tabuley, Bavon, etc. are second generation, and Lipua Lipua, Bela Bela, Zaiko, Kamale, etc, are third generation. 2. RONDOT KASONGO WA KASONGO, the bald head OKJ sax player. Kasongo, who joined in 1969, replacing Verckys, died of lung cancer in the 90s. He was a consistent figure in OKJ songs, and you'd easily mistake him for part of the band's sound system, which is comprised......

JOE MOPERO: KENYAN MUSICAL SUPERSTAR

December 05, 2024 - 05:32 PM From right: Moreno Batamba, Joe Mopero, Muhindi Joseph :behind Muhindi, on rythm is Kiarie extreme left Moses khayesa."Slim Ali and Kelly Brown are undoubtedly Kenya's all-time finest musicians," Joe Mopero told Jabulani Radio. "When a giant points in a direction and tells you that's a giant, then what you are being shown must indeed be a humongous mammoth." The founder and bandleader of Zambezi Band is easily one of the country's most glowing musicians, given his consistency and the popularity of his songs over the decades. His heavy baritone booms through the hall when his band is performing. Coupled with his composing prowess, guitar skills, and mastery of the Lingala language, Joe......

BA CHAGRIN LYRICS BY MAYAULA MAYONI WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

December 03, 2024 - 02:22 PM Topesanaki elaka eeh,(We had a promise to each other)ngai na cherry nanga aah,(between I and my love/sweetheart)akei mobembo kaka posa misato ooh,(when he was going on a journey that would take him only three weeks)soki akomi epayi ya akei eeh,(that when he arrives where he was going)Akomela nga aah,(he would write me)ata mokanda ya pamba(a mere letter)esula jenga aah,(to soothe/console me)lelo zela oyo esuki kaka na commercial,(today that promise has ended up to be like waiting for a commercial advert)Tokomi mbula misato epayi nakabwela monzela aah,(It's now three years waiting still for him)kaka molema aah ngo ya ooh,(it's only my soul that knows how)nataka kufa eeh,(I really wish to......

BIOGRAPHY OF AFRISA INTERNATIONAL

November 30, 2024 - 09:00 AM BIOGRAPHY OF AFRISA INTERNATIONAL This was a renowned Congolese rumba band, formed (as African Fiesta 66) in 1966; and disbanded in 1996. Notable early members: Henriette "Miss Bora" Borauzima (born Kisangani, Congo-Kinshasa, Sept. 21, 1945; vocal), Roger Izeidi (born Kinshasa, Nov. 20, 1935; died Kinshasa, Jan. 2001; maracas, vocal), Rene "Karé" Kassanda (born Bakwa-Sumbu, Congo-Kinshasa, Sept. 10, 1945; vocal), Dominique "Willy" Kuntima (born Kinshasa, July 31, 1931; died Kinshasa, Jan. 25, 1972; trumpet), Sam Mangwana(born Kinshasa, Feb. 21, 1945; vocal), Joseph Mwena (born Congo-Kinshasa, 1932; bass), Armand Samou (born Kinshasa, Jan. 5, 1935; died Kinshasa, 1984?; saxophone),......

11 YEARS, AGO TABULEY RESTED

November 30, 2024 - 01:41 AM "In my entire career, I've done more than 2,000 songs" Tabuley told Obachi Machoka of Roga Roga, a rumba radio show by Citizen Radio of Nairobi. "Do you know all the songs?" The veteran radio presenter asked shockingly, in response. "I can't mention them all, off head, but if you play any of my songs, I will tell you that's my song He responded. From reputable sources, corroborated by enumerating by Jabulani radio on what's available of his discography, the number seems an outright exaggeration, but that doesn't in any way erode the near god-ship status that Tabuley holds in the heart of music lovers. Born Pascal Emmanuel Simamoyi Tabou, in Bagata, Kwilu Province in Congo,......

THE SOUKOUS GIANT

November 27, 2024 - 03:27 PM 'Eza bolingo, eloko mosusu te', Mfumu Kimbangu, a rumba music aficionado and a radio presenter with Kenya's state broadcaster sang this line to this writer with a heavy baritone, mimicking the voice of Djouna Mumbafu of Empire Bakuba, in response to the question on the position of the band, in Congolese music. Mfumu went ahead and explained how Pepe Kalle who died on November 29th, 1998, revolutionized Congolese rumba, and gave it a whole new direction, resulting in a high-tempo soukous sub-genre, that came to define the fifth generation of Congolese music. In fact, according to him, this was the very first deployment of an atalaku in Congolese music, an aspect that came to define......

ARZONI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

November 27, 2024 - 11:46 AM ARZONI LYRICS BY OK JAZZ OF LUAMBO MAKIADI FRANCO By @GeorgeOwiti Ba Zairois, maman(People from Zaire)Bo somba abacos na Arzoni(Buy suits at Arzoni)Bo somba abacos na Arzoni(Buy suits at Arzoni)Motongi monene ya Mpoto(A big designer in Europe)Ba Belgicain maman(People from Belgium)Bo somba abacos na Arzoni(Buy suits at Arzoni)Bo somba abacos na Arzoni(Buy suits at Arzoni)Mosoni monene ya Mputu(A big designer in Europe)Ba diplomat, bo tuna abacos na Arzoni(Diplomats, go look for suits at Arzoni)Bo somba abacos na Arzoni(A big designer in Europe)Motongi monene ya Mpoto(A big designer in Europe)Arzoni, Arzoni(Arzoni, Arzoni)Arzoni motongi monene na Africa(Arzoni is a big designer in......

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DIBLO DIBALA BIOGRAPHY

THE MAGIC IN NYBOMA'S VOCALS

LOKASSA YA M'BONGO

KASONGO TRENDS

JOE MOPERO: KENYAN MUSICAL SUPERSTAR

BA CHAGRIN LYRICS BY MAYAULA MAYONI WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

BIOGRAPHY OF AFRISA INTERNATIONAL

11 YEARS, AGO TABULEY RESTED

THE SOUKOUS GIANT

ARZONI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

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DIBLO DIBALA BIOGRAPHY

THE MAGIC IN NYBOMA'S VOCALS

LOKASSA YA M'BONGO

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JOE MOPERO: KENYAN MUSICAL SUPERSTAR

BA CHAGRIN LYRICS BY MAYAULA MAYONI WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

BIOGRAPHY OF AFRISA INTERNATIONAL

11 YEARS, AGO TABULEY RESTED

THE SOUKOUS GIANT

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