Dancing in the DRC
Soukous is one of the most recognizable forms of sub-Saharan African music. It has a large following in Western countries not limited to African ex-pats, comes in many forms and has been around for a...
View ArticleMusique est un drogue, I am a dealer
WAKE UP! It's Saturday! Time for wailing guitars, gyrating buttocks and shaking bosom!
View ArticleCotton Candy Congo
For those who know and love Dakar, you'd probably laugh and say, "really? are you kidding?" if I told you that a new amusement park opened here, just down the street from Soubedioune fish market. Ah...
View ArticleLady Soukous
I leave you with some Mbilia Bel, one of the first female mega-stars of African music. She became popular when she started singing with Tabu Ley Rochereau during the 1980s and eventually earned a...
View ArticleIf God Played Guitar
African Fiesta rocked the soukous airwaves from 1963 until they split in 1965. It was originally a collaboration between the great Tabu Ley Rochereau and the "Dieu de la guitare", Dr. Nico Kasanda.
View ArticleRumba in prison
Last week I got back from an 11-day trip in Cuba. I spent about a week in Havana plus a few days time in the west of the country, seeing Pinar del Rio, Vinales and finally the beaches and underwater...
View ArticleCongolese Kenya
Benn loxo reader and contributor, Fabián, comes through again with some great music by Congolese musicians living in Kenya during the 1970s. I’ve also included a few tracks from my own collection to...
View ArticleAdieu Madilu
Today we have a guest post from Benn loxo listener, CC Smith, in memory of Madilu System: Bialu Makiese, better known as Madilu System, died suddenly on Aug. 11 in Kinshasa from complications of...
View ArticleMystery Friday
It wasn’t a great BBC quiz week for me. Only 3 right. I guess that’s understandable considering I’ve been working long hours recently, preparing for something I probably won’t do anyway. (I was hoping...
View ArticleChampeta Mondays
Did I tell you that I’m learning Spanish? A second visit to South America this summer confirmed my desire to one day live in Buenos Aires, or possibly Santiago.. or, hey, Colombia. Why not. Anyway, in...
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