Ambiance Congo: March 27, 2022 3:00-5:00 PM

Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music presents:

WELCOME!

It’s time for another program where I feature a few of the very many extremely talented and innovative solo guitar artists of Congolese popular music.

I may omit some of your favorites as no one can pack a representative song from all the greats into a mere two hours.

This is at least the fourth or fifth time I’ve featured the guitar. I keep doing it because the guitar has, sadly, become a lowly background instrument in so much contemporary music replaced, like drums and even voices by keyboards and electronic sounds.

I’m doing a bit of digging to find great guitar music from this modern age. I’ll try to represent some in the future.

Want to learn more and hear more great Congolese guitar music? Don’t miss The Rumba Kings documentary coming this Thursday evening to the James River Film Festival at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts!

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Playlist:

King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison Dream Team Dream Band, “seben from DORIS ILOKO (theme song)”

from PAS DE CONTACT

Black Music - 1995

Dino Vangu, “Ike Ike”

from Dino Vangu (Parcours d'un Génie)

KP&P-Sonodisc - 1999

Dino Vangu & Africa Nova, “Kansebu”

from Kin Nostalgie

Air B.Mas Production - 2012

Tabu Ley et M'bila Bel et Afrisa International, “Bakwiti”

from Tabu Ley et M'bila Bel et Afrisa International

Genidia - 1983

feat. Dino Vangu

L'orchestre Festival Des Maquisards, “Yambi Cherie 1 et 2”

from Bilinga Linga, Vol. 1 (1968-1969)

Ngoyarto - 2011

feat. Guvano

Docteur Nico, “Tshiandanda Ngalula”

from Dieu de la Guitare

Planet Ilunga - 2018

Franco, “Liberte”

from Franco Vol. 1 20eme Anniversiare

African/Sonodisc - 1989

Rigo Star, “Malia”

from Jotongo

Editions Mayala - 1986

Papa Noel et le Duo Incomparable Carlyto Lassa & Wuta Mayi, “Malou”

from Haute Tension

Les Mampoko's Production - 1994

Didi Raphael Louvila, “C'Est Beau Ton Pays”

from La Vie C'Est Deux a Deux

Edition Meya

feat. Master Mwana Congo

Diblo Dibala, “Petit Cadeau”

from My Love (Soukouss)

Ascot Music - 1996

Alain Makaba, “Mwana a Congo”

from Ya Ku Dominer

Les Editions Simon Lowe - 2006

Extra Musica, “12 Balles”

from Trop c'est Trop

JPS - 2002

feat. Roga Roga

Bozi Boziana et l'Anti-Choc, “Parmis les Roses”

from Bozi Boziana Featuring Jolly Detta & Deesse: The Collection Volume 1

Ngoyarto - 1996

feat. Dodoly