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Born in December 0f 1952, Nyboma started his musical career at age 19 with Orchestre Baby National and then a brief time in Orchestre Negro Succes, but his fame grew in the early 1970s when he joined orchestres Bella Bella, then Lipwa Lipwa , Kamale, African All Stars and more.

He’s probably best known in USA for his work with Les Quatre Etoiles or 4 Stars, a super star group that exploded onto the international market in 1983 and kept making records into the 90s.

You’ll hear a great singer bring it to a variety of songs with different rhythms and orchestration. You’ll also hear him sing with some of the masters of Congolese guitar. Something for everyone from an unassuming master vocalist and a treasure of our time who is still making and recording music today.

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Ambiance Congo: April 24, 2022 3:00-5:00 PM. »

David Noyes Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music April 24th, 2022

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Tags: African music, Congolese music

Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music presents:

Jolie Detta & Bozi Boziana

WELCOME!

Let’s start with an amazing piece of music from l’Orchestre Somo Somo in 1976. Vocals by the great Youlou Mabiala, guitars by Mose Se Sengo (Fan Fan).

And it just keeps coming for the next two hours, a lot on original vinyl like the Anti-Choc album shown above.

We have other stations around town that play “all the hits from the 70s to today”, but you’ll see that they’re just missing out…You’ll only hear it here on WRIR!

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Ambiance Congo: April 10, 2022 3:00-5:00 PM »

David Noyes Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music April 10th, 2022

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Tags: African music, Congolese music

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

David Noyes Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music March 27th, 2022

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Tags: African music, Congolese music

Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music presents:

Some LPs from Youlou Mabiala’s solo career laid out on my floor

WELCOME!

March 6 was the 75th birthday of the great singer Le Prince Gilbert Youlou Mabiala.

He served as a singer and composer with Franco and T.P. O.K. Jazz until 1977 and started his own illustrious career. With his band Kamikaze Loningisa, he produced many fine albums into the 1980s.

Today on Ambiance Congo, we’ll hear the full version of JE SIUS ENCORE JEUNE, a song appropriate to the week. The song is featured on the green cover 5eme Anniversaire album seen in the center of the photo above.

Of course, you’ll also hear a lot more great Congolese popular music.

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Ambiance Congo: March 13, 2022 3:00-5:00 PM »

David Noyes Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music March 13th, 2022

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Tags: African music, Congolese music

Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music presents:

Zaiko Langa-Langa

WELCOME!

In 2014, some 25 years after Franco’s passing, his family reissued some songs on an album subtitled: :Les Inedits de Franco”. These “unpublished” songs include the beautiful BONDOKI (VOL. I & VOL. II).

Today, we start with that one.

As you can see from the image above, you”ll also get some Zaiko Langa-Langa for your Sunday listening pleasure.

I’ll also have more great classics and new music for you.

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Ambiance Congo: February 27, 2022 3:00-5:00 PM »

David Noyes Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music February 27th, 2022

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Tags: African music, Congolese music

Ambiance Congo / The Other Black Music presents:

WELCOME!

Don’t you love this album cover from 1984? Wait until you hear the music!

We start with a new one from Viva la Musica de Papa Wemba, Then I’ve had requests to hear songs with the guitarist Jean-Paul Kilosho so I have a few of those for you starting with an unreleased song recorded in Europe in 2003 and remastered in 2017. We can thank the producer for this nice one!

All kinds of great Congolese music for you. I may even squeeze in a song form the new album of ZAO (Casimir Zoba).

Enjoy!

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