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ADIA LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
THE INDISPENDABLE VOICE
A PIONEER KENYAN MUSICIAN
RECORD COMPANIES PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE EVOLUTION OF RUMBA
A NIGHT WITH JAMNAZI IN SOY
TSHALA MUANA DEZO DEZO LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
SHOW ME THE WAY BY PAPA WEMBA LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
THE TOWERING FIGURE OF KENYAN MUSIC
BIOGRAPHY OF THE "FATHER OF CONGOLESE MUSIC"
A MELODIOUS VOICE THAT TALKS TO THE HEART
THE GUITAR AND THE VOICE: REVISITING THE LEGACIES OF TABU LEY & FRANCO LUAMBO MAKIADI and Franco
KWAMY MUNSI: THE UNTOLD STORY
JIMMY CLIFF: REGGAE ICON & GLOBAL CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
KIMPA KISANGAMENI LYRICS TRANSLATION BY FRANCO ET TPOK JAZZ
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
ADIA LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
THE INDISPENDABLE VOICE
A PIONEER KENYAN MUSICIAN
RECORD COMPANIES PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE EVOLUTION OF RUMBA
A NIGHT WITH JAMNAZI IN SOY
TSHALA MUANA DEZO DEZO LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
SHOW ME THE WAY BY PAPA WEMBA LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
THE TOWERING FIGURE OF KENYAN MUSIC
BIOGRAPHY OF THE "FATHER OF CONGOLESE MUSIC"
A MELODIOUS VOICE THAT TALKS TO THE HEART
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TEDDY'S SAX GOES SILENT
September 18, 2024 - 02:09 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 - 03:30 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 SAM MANGWANA
August 28, 2024 - 07:16 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 - 01:25 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 - 05:55 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 - 03:52 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......
AWILO LONGOMBA BIOGRAPHY
June 29, 2024 - 07:00 PM
Louis Albert William Longomba (born May 5, 1962), known professionally as Awilo Longomba, was born in Kinshasa (formally, Léopoldville). He is a Congolese soukous singer, composer, drummer, songwriter, dancer, and producer. The third son of Vicky Longomba and maternal uncle of French player Claude Makélélé, William is known for his avant-garde "techno-soukous" and performances. His father was from the Mongo region of Ecuador and his mother was also from the Ecuador region of Ngombe and Congo-Brazzaville. His father, Vicky Longomba, was the famous lead singer and one of the founders of the famous “Tout puissant......
TPOK JAZZ MEMBERS
June 03, 2024 - 06:41 AM
T.P. OK Jazz, also known as Tout Puissant Orchestre Kinshasa, was a prominent Congolese rumba and soukous band that played a significant role in shaping the music landscape of Africa. Founded in the late 1950s by the legendary guitarist Franco Luambo Makiadi, T.P. OK Jazz became one of the most popular bands in Africa, known for their infectious rhythms, melodic guitar lines, and energetic performances. Below is an alphabetic list of other former TP OK Jazz members: Adamo Seye Kadimoke. Aime Kiwakana Talented singer and composer of Eperduement and Loboko Zoba. Albino Kalombo. Alphone Epayo. Antoine Armando Brazzos: Rhythm guitarist and founder member of OK Jazz. Baniel Bambo: One......
THE UNSUNG MUSICAL ICON
May 31, 2024 - 09:58 AM
PEPE KALE Biography CONGO, Democratic Republic of Pépé Kallé, sometimes written as Pepe Kalle (November 30, 1951 – November 28, 1998) was a leading soukous singer, musician, and bandleader from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Pépé Kallé was born Kabasele Yampanya in Kinshasa (then Léopoldville) in the Belgian Congo, but later assumed his pseudonym in hommage to his mentor, Le Grand Kallé.With a multi-octave vocal range and a dynamic stage presence, the 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) and 136 kg (300 lb) vocalist recorded more than 300 songs and twenty albums during his two-decade-long career. Known affectionately as "the elephant......
GENESIS OF THE TP OK JAZZ BAND
May 30, 2024 - 09:00 AM
In June 1956, Franco, Jean Serge Essous, and De La Lune, who were all session musicians at the Loningisa Studios, got together to form a band that they named Ok Jazz. The name originated from the bar in which they played which was named OK bar. But the name Ok could also be taken to mean Orchestra Kinois.Essous was a talented hornsman playing both the clarinet and the saxophone. Other original band members were bassist Roitelet, percussionists La Monta LiBerlin and Pandy, guitarist Dessoin and vocalist Rossignol.The band, then consisting of a bunch of eager beaver teenagers soon caught the imagination of the Zairean public. Pretty soon it was apparent that they were destined for greater......
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