Tag: Rumba

Music from Canada/ Congo DR – Pierre Kwenders // World Music

Pierre Kwenders, born in Kinshasa in 1985, now living in Canada, is a singer best known for his modern world music mixed with electro, pop and rumba elements. Listen to his amazing song “Mardi gras”:

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Music from DR Cogo – Tabu Ley Rochereau

Tabu Ley Rochereau, born in 1940, is a musician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He’s well known for internationalising his african rumba and soukous music, together with Dr Nico Kasanda. Listen to his nice piece “Mokolo Nakokufa”:

Music from Zimbabwe – John Chibadura

John Chibadura is a Zimbabwean sungura musician, born in 1957. With his band Tembo Brothers, he was best known for great rumbira music, as a mix of , mbira and rumba. Here’s his reggae masterpiece “Zuva Rekufa Kwangu”:

Music from Angola – Davide Zé

David Zé, full name David Gabriel Jose Ferreira (August 23, 1944 – May 27, 1977) was one of the greatest musicians of the Angolan history. Here is the song “Mona Ku Jimbre Manheno “

Music from the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Staff Benda Bilili

My niece is in Guinea Bissau since October 2011. As she now hears a lot of african music, she advised me to listen Staff Benda Bilili.
Staff Benda Bilili are a group of street musicians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They live around the grounds of the zoo in the country’s capital city, Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm “n” blues and reggae.

Their song “Polio”, linked to  “Moto Moindo”

Music from Angola – Bela Chicola

Bela Chicola was born in the province of Bie, in the center of Angola. She sings in Portuguese and Umbundo languages. Her music styles are Semba, Afrobeat, Zouk, Sungura, Rebita, Kizomba and Rumba. Here´s the Song “Pilima Yangue”