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WHAT IS RUMBA?
SAMBA MAPANGALA: FROM CONGO TO THE WORLD
DJO DJO IKOMO DIES IN KINSHASA SHORTLY AFTER REUNITING WITH HIS KENYAN DAUGHTER
BON SAMARITAN LINGALA LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
SUZANNA OWIYO’S JOURNEY TO THE TOP
M'BILIA BEL INJURED IN ROAD ACCIDENT
IS BENGA ON ITS WAY TO EXTINCTION?
FRANCO LUAMBO MAKIADI : 12600 LETTERS LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
TSHALA MWANA NASI NABALI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
CHURCHES: THE NEW HOTSPOTS FOR AUTHENTIC MUSIC
CHRISTOPHER MONYONCHO: THE GUSII TOWERING MUSICAL ICON
KALENGA NZAZI: TWO YEARS ON, NAIROBI CAN'T FORGET THIS MANGELEPA SUPERSTAR
TESTAMENT YA BOWULE - SIMARO LUTUMBA, 1986 ENGLISH LYRICS TRANSLATION
THE VOICE THAT BRIDGED ODEMBA AND SOUKOUS
LIGHTS OFF FOR CHARLES OMUGA KABISAE
DO MUSICIANS DIE YOUNG? NOT JEANNOT BOMBENGA
MUZINA LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION - TABU LEY ROCHEREAU & AFRISA INTRNATIONAL
KANDA BONGOMAN’S FOOTPRINTS IN NAIROBI
THE KENYAN SOUKOUS GUITARIST - (ROLAND ISESE)
PESA POSITION ENGLISH LYRICS - MADILU SYSTEM
WHAT IS RUMBA?
SAMBA MAPANGALA: FROM CONGO TO THE WORLD
DJO DJO IKOMO DIES IN KINSHASA SHORTLY AFTER REUNITING WITH HIS KENYAN DAUGHTER
BON SAMARITAN LINGALA LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
SUZANNA OWIYO’S JOURNEY TO THE TOP
M'BILIA BEL INJURED IN ROAD ACCIDENT
IS BENGA ON ITS WAY TO EXTINCTION?
FRANCO LUAMBO MAKIADI : 12600 LETTERS LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
TSHALA MWANA NASI NABALI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
CHURCHES: THE NEW HOTSPOTS FOR AUTHENTIC MUSIC
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THE RISE OF M'BILIA BEL
October 31, 2024 - 08:15 PM
One day, Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu, known as Tabuley Rochereau, was seated at home watching television when a young lady singer appeared on the screen. This lady was M'bilia Bel, during her time with Sam Mangwana. At that moment, Tabuley was penning a new song titled "Mpeve ya Longo" and was eager to find a female vocalist for it. After seeing her perform on television, he sent for M'bilia Bel. However, she was not interested; her ten years in the Zairean music industry had left a bad taste in her mouth. She turned down Rochereau's offer, stating that music was no longer appealing to her. Despite her initial reluctance, repeated persuasion from friends and acquaintances, who recognized......
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......
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......
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......
THE MUSICAL STORY OF DIASI KADI.
October 01, 2024 - 07:10 AM
THE MUSICAL STORY OF DIASI KADI. First his popular project was released in 1991, helped by his long-term friend, Kanda Bongo Man.Title: DIASI KADI.Tracks:(1) Alle Diata.(2) Souci Ya Motema.(3) Likambo.(4) Paradis.(5) Nabanzi.This project featured some of the best Soukous musicians of the time..they include Kanda Bongo Man, Solo Sita, Shimita and Pompon Kuleta on vocals.Guitar section: Dally Kimoko and Nene Tchakou on Solo, Mimi Kazidona on Rythm, Remy Sahlomon on Bass.Drums: Komba Bellow. The songs 'Souci Ya Motema' and 'Paradis' become the most favourite at that time..a duet made of Diasi and Kanda, the two who have almost similar vocal ranges! Diasi Kadi's Musical career:He......
THEM MUSHROOMS LEGEND
September 23, 2024 - 07:36 AM
IMPORTANT BITS ON THEM MUSHROOMS LEGEND. 1. Teddy Kalanda conceived the idea of composing 'hakuna matata' after he heard a European tourist attempt a conversation while performing in Mombasa in 1980. He made a song from it and recorded it at Polygram in Nairobi while the band had its first tour of the city. 2. Hakuna Matata, could be Kenya's most popular song in the history of music recording in Kenya. The song has been redone by dozens of big names across the globe, the song sold 200,000 thousand copies and the line became so popular that I remember t-shirts emblazoned 'hakuna matata' becoming popular in the late 1980s or thereabouts.A few of the......
KOFFI OLOMIDE EARLY MUSICAL CAREER
September 11, 2024 - 06:58 PM
KOFFI OLOMIDE EARLY MUSICAL CAREER BRIEF Biography of Olomide, Koffi (Agbepa Mumba, Antoine), Congolese singer and band leader; born Kisangani, Congo-Kinshasa, Aug. 13, 1956. Growing up in Kinshasa Olomide played a little guitar and listened to the music of the day including the great Tabu Ley whose style he admired. As a teenager he followed the band Zaiko Langa Langa, eventually striking up a friendship with singer Papa Wemba. By the time Olomide finished secondary school in the late seventies, Wemba had his own band, Viva la Musica. Olomide hung out with the band and contributed backing vocals on a few of its recordings.In 1978, with help from a Kinshasa promoter, Olomide cut a......
What Went Wrong With Mr.nice?
August 11, 2024 - 07:10 AM
WHAT WENT WRONG WITH MR.NICE? Lucas Mkenda popularly known as Mr. Nice is a Tanzanian veteran singer and one of the most celebrated vocalists in East Africa dominating East African music in the early 2000s alongside Jose Chameleone of Uganda and Jua Cali of Kenya. Mr.Nice went professional in 1999 with the release of his debut album, Kidali Po, and towards the end of 2002, he released his second album, Rafiki, also his songs; "Kikulacho", "Fagilia Wote" and "Kuku Kapanda Baiskeli" were among major hit songs of his career. He was famous for his 'Takeu' style, which comes from the initials of Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda respectively. It incorporates elements from all three countries. Many......
The Ambassadors of Rumba music
August 06, 2024 - 10:00 PM
The Ambassadors of Rumba music. KEKELE This is a group of 5 veteran Congolese musicians who have come together with the main aim of keeping the old Rumba music alive: 1. Boumba Massa - a well-known singer of the 70s who worked with the late Vicky Longomba.2. Syran Mbenza - a veteran guitarist and composer of the 4 Etoile group.3. Nyboma Mwandido - a singer whose career started in various popular bands of the 70s.4. Wuta Mayi - a former TP Ok Jazz singer and member of 4 Etoile.5. Loko Masengo Djeskain - a former member of the group Trio Madjesi. The idea of forming this super Rumba group came from a well-known African music producer, Ibrahima Sylla (who died in 2013), the owner of the......
STELLA'S 32ND AIRPORT ANIVERSARY
May 17, 2024 - 05:47 PM
Stella's 32nd Airport AnniversaryMay 17 is no new date for Rhumba and Zilizopendwa music lovers. It is a commemorable day, especially for Kenyan lovers of zilizopendwa music, as this is the day that the famous Stella heart broke singer Freshly Mwamburi. It is 32 years and counting, and the song strikes fresh every 17th day of May. The classic hit always strikes a fresh memory of what the singer Freshly Mwamburi went through in his 1992 classic hit.Freshley Mwamburi, whose real name is Mwamburi Mwakachola, was born on November 7, 1958, in Wundayi, Taita. The name freshly is not a new name in the Kenyan music scene, especially with the mention of the national 17th May Stella......
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