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GUNS AND GUITARS: THE STORY OF MAROON COMMANDOS
MYTH, MUSIC & MIGHTY FRAME
VETERAN MAROON COMMANDOS MUSICIAN DIES
KENYAN COAST: WHERE THE COUNTRY’S MUSIC ROOSTS
JOE MOPERO DIES
FROM STUDIO TO PARLIAMENT
FRANCO: GWIJI ASIYESAHULIKA (MIAKA 36 TANGU KIFO CHAKE)
THE DAY KINSHASA WEPT, FOR THE DEATH OF FRANCO
FRANCO'S GOLDEN HITS
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
GUNS AND GUITARS: THE STORY OF MAROON COMMANDOS
MYTH, MUSIC & MIGHTY FRAME
VETERAN MAROON COMMANDOS MUSICIAN DIES
KENYAN COAST: WHERE THE COUNTRY’S MUSIC ROOSTS
JOE MOPERO DIES
FROM STUDIO TO PARLIAMENT
FRANCO: GWIJI ASIYESAHULIKA (MIAKA 36 TANGU KIFO CHAKE)
THE DAY KINSHASA WEPT, FOR THE DEATH OF FRANCO
FRANCO'S GOLDEN HITS
WHAT IS RUMBA?
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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......
THE BIG BRAINS
October 03, 2024 - 07:05 PM
THE BRAINS BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF FRANCO As the clock ticks towards his 35th anniversary, musicologists and lovers of music are still marveling at how this legendary musician managed to achieve this rare feat of growing such a magnificent stature in the world of music. It is worth pointing out that as much as there is a consensus that Franco was immensely talented; there is consensus that music is generally teamwork and he wouldn't have achieved a fraction of his success if he had not surrounded himself with a team of talented and dedicated musicians, scattered in several specialties. Who are these, and what were their contributions to the band's success? SIMARO LUTUMBA......
NTESA: FRANCO'S TOWERING SINGER WITH A GOLDEN VOICE
September 24, 2024 - 02:40 PM
FRANCO'S TOWERING SINGER WITH A GOLDEN VOICE 'Hey there, some biscuits for you here.' These are someone's words to a young daughter of his neighbor. Apparently, the young girl was born just recently, as everyone knows, but now that she has a tiny bulge on her chest in the form of developing breath, this hungry tiger has seen a potential lover in her. This man winks at her at every opportunity, and he also drives around with sweets and biscuits in his car, to distribute them to her each he encounters her. This is a narration of Ntesa Dalienst in his song 'Losolo ya Adamu' which he recorded with OK Jazz of Franco in the late 1970s. Ntesa was a prolific composer and vocalist with OKJ......
TEDDY'S SAX GOES SILENT
September 18, 2024 - 04:09 AM
TEDDY'S SAX GOES SILENT By Jerome Ogola Teddy Kalanda, the founder of the sibling band Them Mushrooms, is dead, aged 73. According to sources, Teddy died yesterday at his home in Kaloleni Giriama, after battling ill-health since 2018, when he became paralysed. At the time of his death the composer, singer, band leader and saxophonist had lost his eyesight and was also confined to a wheelchair. Teddy was the eldest of the Mushrooms quintet, that also included John Katana who plays keyboard, composes and sings, Billy Saro who composes, sings and plays bass. The other were the late George Ziro who died in 2015 and Denis Kalume who died in 1992. George Ziro was a very......
LES MANGELEPA - NYAKO KONYA LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
September 09, 2024 - 05:30 PM
LES MANGELEPA NYAKO KONYA LYRICS WITH TRANSLATION Motema mpe mabanzo - My heart [is full of] thoughts (literally: my heart and thoughts)Mabanzo ekotinda ngai namela poison - thoughts will drive me to take poisonSoki nakufi bandeko - when i die, my brothersBokamwa te - don't be surprisedNzela na ngai ya bomoi - my life pathEkei pamba - has been in vainMotema moto moto - my heart is on fireMabala ya bomwana - childish marriagesEleki makambo - are full of problemsBampasi nakomona - i'm in such painNalembi kobondela - [that] I'm weary of asking for helpMotema mpe mabanzo - my heart [is full of] thoughts (literally: my heart and thoughts)Nameka kopesa mokongo - I try to turn my back on itnamemi......
Biography of the "FATHER OF CONGOLESE MUSIC"
September 03, 2024 - 04:34 PM
Kabasele, Joseph "Le Grand Kalle" (Kabasele Tshamala), celebrated Congolese singer and band leader; born Matadi, Congo-Kinshasa, Dec. 16, 1930; died Kinshasa, Feb. 11, 1983.Kabasele was born to a prominent Congolese family that included Joseph Malula, who rose to become a cardinal in the Catholic church. As one of the period's better-educated Congolese—he completed secondary school—Kabasele gained employment as a typist at a succession of commercial firms in colonial Léopoldville (Kinshasa). Music was his true calling, however, and he found an opportunity to pursue it around 1950 at a new recording studio called Opika. There he joined the aggregation of session musicians......
Biography of Sam Mangwana.
August 28, 2024 - 09:16 PM
Biography of Sam Mangwana. Superb Congolese singer and songwriter; was born on 21 February 1945 in then Leopoldville, now Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the largest city in that country. His father was a native of Zimbabwe and Sam's mother was a native of neighboring Angola. Mangwana made his professional debut in 1963 with a brief turn at the mic behind Tabu Ley Rochereauin the Congo-Kinshasa rumba band African Fiesta. Almost immediately the wanderlust that would mark his career and earn him the epithet "pigeon voyageur" began to surface. He crossed the Congo River to Brazzaville where he formed a short-lived group called Los Batchichas and worked with......
Powerful Man Who Jailed Franco
August 23, 2024 - 03:25 PM
STORY OF A POWERFUL MAN WHO BRUSHED SHOULDERS WITH FRANCO Franco's longest stint in prison was not because of a political song. It happened in 1978 when Franco released two songs on Cassette. The two songs Helene and Jacky were deemed shocking and immoral. He was summoned by the then Attorney General Kengo wa Dondo to explain himself. Franco defended himself vigorously suggesting that there was nothing immoral about the songs. They then summoned his mother Mbonga Makiesse to determine if the songs were immoral. Franco is said to have pleaded with them not to involve his mother. Mama Makiesse listened to the songs and reacted in shock. Franco was sentenced to 6 months. Ten of his musicians,......
Madilu's 17th Anniversary
August 11, 2024 - 07:55 AM
MADILU'S 17th ANNIVERSARY.Today marks another year of celebrating and remembering the legend, Jean de Dieu Makiese Alias Madilu System. It's now 17 years since he passed on. He was once a member of the seminal band TPOK Jazz which dominated the Congolese scene from the 1960s to 1980s. The legend's alluring and much-informing songs Matata ya Mwasi, Si Je Savaic Ca, Nzele, Vice versa, Coesure Bureau, RTC River, Ya Jean, Colonisation, and many others are still perfect and irreplaceable. Your alluring voice is charming to many and will forever remain with us. Continue RIEP Le grand Ninja. Next Track Listen to Jabulani Radio Track......
Biography of Verckys
August 02, 2024 - 05:52 PM
Biography of Verckys & Orchestra Vévé. Georges Kiamuangana was born in Kisantu, Bas-Congo on 19 May 1944. He took the name Verckys after being impressed with American sax player King Curtis and he heard the name "Curtis" as "Verckys." He started out in 1962 with Los Cantina, then Jamel Jazz. He joined Paul Ebengo a.k.a. Dewayon's Congo-Rock before joining OK Jazz in 1963 with some musicians from the band of Gerard Kazembe: Christophe Djali, trumpet, singer Henriette Boranzima, and Dele Pedro. Georges became Franco's right-hand man and delighted audiences with his onstage antics and wild clothes. But when Franco was away in Europe in 1968 he took a splinter group with......
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