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THE INDOMITABLE MANGWANA

October 26, 2024 - 05:36 AM THE INDOMITABLE MANGWANA. The year is 1963. Tabuley and Mangwana share the leadership of the newly created African Fiesta, an offshoot of the popular African Jazz of Grand Kalle. Tabuley had scouted for a fresh talent, a new singing sensation by the name Mangwana. The young man was only 17 years old. Tabuley invited Nico to come to see the newfound. A wonderful singer he was, as they discovered from the brief audition. The biggest challenge was that he was still a minor and a student in a secondary school. With word doing rounds that the band has a new singing bird, Club Petit Bois was jammed that Saturday, but trouble was lurking. Mangwana's father had sent cops to arrest......

NAKEI NAIROBI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

October 24, 2024 - 04:38 PM NAKEI NAIROBI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION INTRO One of the most listened to Congolese songs in KenyaComposed by Tabuley and Mbilia Bell. The Swahili version, translated by Brazos Mpanga Wa Mpanga. Those who know what rumba is all about know too well that when the theme is to praise a specific person or place, for this case, Nairobi and its government headed by Mzee Moi, a nonrelated story must be created, to provide a narrative, which always has nothing to do with the theme. Solo done by maestro Dino VanguBass by the late Shaba KahambaRhythm Dave MakondeleMi solo Brazos MpangaVocals by Songbird Mbilia Bell NAKEI NAIROBI (I am visiting Nairobi) LYRICS Nayoki......

REMI: ANOTHER SIMARO?

October 20, 2024 - 04:21 PM REMI: ANOTHER SIMARO? Music is just music. Great vocals, great rhymes, and great instrumentation, maybe expertly done guitar works by extremely creative musicians, great saxophone, etc., etc. Music is also meant to be danced to, which explains the void of logic in some lyrics. In fact, some music, like Jazz, does not even have lyrics at all; instead, it is an instrumental conversation between the percussions and the wind instruments. Music remains just that until, one introduces the late Congolese music legend, Simaro Lutumba who introduced a unique aspect of rumba Congolaise, with compositions that are philosophical and analytical. Despite equally having inspiring instrumentation......

UNLUCKY LUCKY: LOVED BY THE WORLD, STOPPED BY A BULLET

October 19, 2024 - 06:25 AM UNLUCKY LUCKY: LOVED BY THE WORLD, STOPPED BY A BULLET. We are living in a crazy world, We we can't know what tomorrow brings, People are dying lie fries everyday, You will only know about it, when a man in a long black coat knocks your door, Because you are his next victim, This is an exerpt from Lucky Dube's song crazy world. The man in a long black coat, an artistic pictorial representation of death as captured in song, knocked the doors of the South African reggae star one afternoon of 18th October 2007 at Rossetenville a suburb of Johannesburg. Without recognizing him, three robbers shot at his car, just after he had dropped his children at their uncle's place. Although a......

FERRE'S MUSICAL JOURNEY

October 17, 2024 - 05:37 PM FERRE'S MUSICAL JOURNEY "This is the day. It is finally with us” an ecstatic fan shouts to the media crew, as he runs bare-chested, towards the entrance of the Stade De Martyrs stadium, in Lingwala on the Northern outskirts of Kinshasa. His hands holding a placard with the name Ferre Gola emblazoned on it, he runs forth and back, shouting his voice hoarse. The day was June 24th, the day of the much-anticipated Ferre Gola concert. The excitement was palpable as the carnival mood engulfed the neighborhood. Crowds thronged the facility some in groups, some in isolation, some chanting, and some shouting. The day for the much-awaited Ferre Gola concert had come and fans had......

FRANCO'S VERY FIRST SONG/S

October 17, 2024 - 05:22 AM FRANCO'S VERY FIRST SONG/S On November 17th and 18th 1953, Franco recorded his very songs. They were titled 'kombo ya loningisa' and 'lilima dis cheri was ngai'. Franco has partcipated in several recordings with the band the same year, but these weren't his compositions. The other members of the band were songbird Pauline Lisanga, Bikunda, Dewayon and others. By then Franco was 15-years-old and a member of Watam, which was Paul Ebengo Dewayon's band, signed at Loningisa Records. Remember the record label was the second in Leopoldville and was established in 1950 after Ngoma which was established in 1948. For eons basement dwellers have mentioned 'bolingo na ngai na......

Franco Luambo - Fabrice Akende Sango Lyrics Translation

October 15, 2024 - 06:26 PM FABRICE AKENDE SANGO - FRANCO ET LE TPOK JAZZ (10 Ans) (CHORUS )Fabrice magasin monene ekende sango partout mpo na abacos *2-The great shop (Fabrice) has become popular because of AbacosDix ans dix ans ya Fabrice eeh Bon anniversaire Fabrice-10 years,10 years of Fabrice, Happy Birthday FabriceTambola na Europe mobimba, soki okomi nakati ya Bruxelles-Walk/roam all over the whole Europe, if you reach BrussellesTuna magasin monene ya Fabrice-Ask for the great shop of FabriceAfungoli sika na ikse nari double-He opens .......(?)Numero dix neuf pembeni yo ya kala-Number 19 besides Kala *Soki okomi nakati ya Fabrice tuna Papa Anges na petit Franco-If you reach/Arrive at Fabrice, ask for Papa......

BOY ON THE DRUMS

October 14, 2024 - 01:21 PM BOY ON THE DRUMS This is Albert William Louis...most people know him as Awilo Longomba.Back then aged just 24 years old in the group Viva La Musica, during their first tour of Japan in 1986. They used to call him 'the boy on drums' as he was the youngest in the group when he joined a few years earlier. In one interview, he remembers his late father, the famous Rumba singer, Vicky Longomba one of the founding members of T.P OK Jazz. Awilo said his father was his greatest inspiration though he never wanted the young man to venture into music...but as if his destiny was marked- to be in music.To date, Awilo has celebrated close to 40 years in the music industry and has won more world music......

SUNSET COMES FOR PRINCESS JULLY

October 13, 2024 - 07:04 AM SUNSET COMES FOR PRINCESS JULLY. At the peak of the Afrisa and OKJ rivalry in the mid-1970s, Tabuley made an experiment which gave his outfit an edge over Franco's band. He introduced a lady singer known as Marie Claire Mboyo, aka Mbilia Bell. She was a great composer, singer and dancer. She was also gorgeous, curvaceous and voluptuous. Paired with Tabuely a great showman on stage, she became an instant hit and the band's fortunes picked with shows getting packed. There seems to be magic in showbiz ladies that plays a magnet to keep me glued. Princess July, the benga song bird who died in a Migori hospital yesterday also resuscitated the dwindling fortunes of her husband the late......

BYE BYE BOYIBANDA

October 10, 2024 - 09:00 AM BYE BYE BOYIBANDA "I have found a trustworthy confidant in a tree. The tree neither gossips about others nor does it share the secrets he shares with him. When the wind blows, the tree hums in response, but doesn't utter a word. He keeps everything to himself" This is a translation of an excerpt from the late Michel Boyibanda's song 'nzete esololaka na mutu te'. The composer finds a clever way of telling off rumour mongers, whom he alleges talk like a "tchakou" (parrot). When a conservationist asked this writer which song captures an element of conservation, so that they could play it as a theme song, this was the song that came to mind. It doesn't really address......

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THE INDOMITABLE MANGWANA

NAKEI NAIROBI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

REMI: ANOTHER SIMARO?

UNLUCKY LUCKY: LOVED BY THE WORLD, STOPPED BY A BULLET

FERRE'S MUSICAL JOURNEY

FRANCO'S VERY FIRST SONG/S

Franco Luambo - Fabrice Akende Sango Lyrics Translation

BOY ON THE DRUMS

SUNSET COMES FOR PRINCESS JULLY

BYE BYE BOYIBANDA

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THE INDOMITABLE MANGWANA

NAKEI NAIROBI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

REMI: ANOTHER SIMARO?

UNLUCKY LUCKY: LOVED BY THE WORLD, STOPPED BY A BULLET

FERRE'S MUSICAL JOURNEY

FRANCO'S VERY FIRST SONG/S

Franco Luambo - Fabrice Akende Sango Lyrics Translation

BOY ON THE DRUMS

SUNSET COMES FOR PRINCESS JULLY

BYE BYE BOYIBANDA

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