Bestelling Artists from Congo/DRC (Zaire) on Calabash Music

Africando

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:19:44 -0600

You're in Africa! You're in Cuba! You're in New York! You're in the world of Africando!

Kekele

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:19:44 -0600

Join Kekele to get back to the roots spirit of the great and influential Congo sound

Soukous Stars

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:19:44 -0600

After four decades of evolution, modern Soukous now faces a new sun, a prismatic brightness known as Soukous Stars

Mose Fan Fan

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:19:44 -0600

One of Africa's greatest guitarists, Fan Fan was instrumental in developing their Congalese rumba sound: soukous.

Master Of Percussion

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:19:44 -0600

A great compilation series to discover the african percussions.

Sam Mangwana

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:19:44 -0600

Mangwana's style is referred to as the Congolese Rumba because he deftly takes Cuban styles and puts any number of Congolese twists to it.

Papa Noel

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:19:44 -0600

Papa Noel is one of the masterful Congolese guitarists, helping transfer the Cuban sound onto guitar, and playing with the top groups in Congo and worldwide from 1960 until today.

4 Etoiles - Les Quatre Etoiles

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:19:44 -0600

Origins of Guitar Music

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:19:44 -0600

In the new urban culture during the fifties in copper mining towns of Congo and Zambia, the guitar became an important status symbol.

Nyboma Mwan'dido

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:19:44 -0600

Nyboma Mwan’dido and Kamale Dynamique are the best representation of an exciting historic era when Congolese music became pan-African and went on to win fans around the world