There are some who say that Congolese rumba - lovely, graceful and charming though it was in the good old days - is now a faded relic of the past. But they haven't heard this album. Two veterans of those good old days - guitarist and songwriter Dino Vangu and singer Sam Mangwana - have[...]

Nyboma et les Kamale Dynamiques du Zaïre 1983 Nyboma & Bovi, Innovation 6 1982 Nyboma & les Kamale Dynamiques, Dédé 1982 Nyboma & Madilu 1989 l'Orchestre Kamale et son Célèbre Chanteur Nyboma 1977 Tabu Ley & Nyboma 1986 Nyboma & les Kamale Dynamiques du Zaïre 1983 Doublé Doublé Kékélé 2003 4 Etoiles, 4 Grandes Vedettes[...]

One of Congo's greatest vocalists who sang with Orchestre Negro Succes, Baby National and Bella Bella. Then formed his own band Lipua Lipua and next Les Kamale. In 1979 went to sing with African All Stars after Sam Mangwana left. Hits like Doublé Doublé and Papy Sodolo .. Listen to Nyboma ! Nyboma Nyboma, Wiki[...]

In maart 2011 hadden we een elpee van de grote Franco met Nana en Baniel. Vandaag zijn de twee dames terug met een plaat zonder Franco. In zijn plaats op de gitaar vinden we Dizzy Mandjeku wie we kennen van onder andere de African All Stars. Een geheel ander project dus uit 1991. Luister zelf[...]

We are slowly getting closer to the present, sampler no. 46 brings us as far as june 2012. Enjoy the samples and find the albums using our search-bar.. tracks; 1 City Boys Band - Abrabo ye ntoboase 2 Cercul Jazz - Pont sur le congo 3 Orchestre International Akweza de Libreville - Gamba ntce yami[...]

It's saturday and I am in a Congolese mood. What do we have cookin' for ya today ? An lp by one of the finest singers who worked with the legendary Franco. Josky Kiambukuta with his delightful voice brought along a few of the best to accompany him. I am speaking about Madilu Systeme, Ntesa[...]

These Samplers are meant to help you find the music you like best at this blog. Listen to the various songs that were extracted from the LP's posted just over one year ago. Being a little behind doesn't hurt. New visitors are served better finding some of the older files this way. To find the[...]

Congo Comp No 7 For your pleasure. tracks; 1 Théo Blaise Kounkou - Massy 2 Pambou Tchicaya Tchico - Salima 3 Orchestre African All Stars International - Zamba leke 4 Mbilia Bel - Boya ye 5 Sam Mangwana - Zewa idée 6 Mose se Sengo 'Fan Fan' - Masikini ya mola 7 Le Poete Lutumba[...]

Good to see these comps finding their way to you. I found vol.1 to be downloaded almost 600 times already. The more reason to expand the series a bit further. The fifth volume is waiting for you now. Get it and pass it on, let's all make the world sound Congolese this week ! tracks;[...]

Dizzy Mandjèkou's first solo project after being the lead guitarist of les Grands Maquisards, Afrisa International of Tabu-Ley Rochereau and the African All Stars. Dizzy dedicated it to his fans from those days. I was not aware at the time but still feel adressed to, how about you ? tracks; 1 Saïla 2 Fanta bolingo[...]

This blog, my dear friends of the Global Groove, is helping me big time. In the first place of course cause it opens the way to you. You know how hard it is to find like-minded people among your acquaintances. Through this portal I reach you, at last someone who knows what I'm talking about,[...]

To make good digital copy's of my LP's I use a Sony Compact Disc Recorder, RCD-W100. It needs special CDR-Pro Audio recordables and yesterday I was supposed to go to the store to collect my order of them. Because I forgot to do so, I am out of material today and could not make a[...]

Volume 21 is here to help you choose from our global fruittree. Whether you like strawberry or papaya, sweet, salt or spicey. it samples the fruits from first to twentyfirst of januari. pick your choice. tracks; 1 Exporta Samba - A taxa 2 Docteur Nico - Angele ozali wapi 3 Sami Kamara and his Black[...]

From Congo ( Zaire in those days ) this is Nyboma, who shared his membership of the African All Stars with Sam Mangwana. Before that, he participated in groups like 'Les Kamalés', 'L'Orchestre National du Zaire' and 'L'Orchestre Lipua Lipua'. Unfortunately, track 1 and 3 have some ticks, still, a beauty. tracks; 1 Doublé doublé[...]