Orchestra Four Stars has lived the test of time and three artistes leading the charge have in the past performed with the famous rhumba bands of TP OK Jazz of Franco Luambo Luanzo Makiadi, Afrisa ...

Prologue: a mighty sound: Mobutu and the musicians, 1997 -- Difficult delivery: Bowane, Leopold II, Stanley, Brazza, Kamba, Feruzi, and Wendo, 1946 and before -- Why don't you make a record? Olympia, ...

African music traveled to the New World with slavery, only to return to Africa in the 1930’s and 40’s via 78 rpm phonograph records, broadcast by Radio Congo Belge in Léopoldville (now Kinshasha), ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been the beating heart of African rhumba, producing legendary orchestras whose melodies shaped the continent's musical landscape (Photo: Getty Images, Fally ...

Legendary Congolese crooner Tabu Ley Rochereau, one of Africa's greatest musicians, left a rich legacy, which many will be relishing today as they mark his seventh death anniversary. The event will be ...

NEW YORK — Tabu Ley Rochereau, a Congolese singer and songwriter whose music spread across Africa and the world, died Nov. 30 in Brussels. Mr. Tabu, who was 73 or 76 — sources differ — had never fully ...

The undisputed King of Soukous, Congolese musician Tabu Ley Rochereau, died of stroke on November 30, 2013 in Belgium at the age of 73. He was a prolific songwriter and one of Africa's leading ...