The survival of Rumba as the popular sound of East and Central Africa is facing a threat from the dominance of other African pop sounds that have transformed to meet the demands of the continent's ...

Mr Afro-Rumba (as he’s called) with the stage name EGHE NIMOSE, has an unprecendented style of music which he coined “Afro-Rumba”. A fusion of Afro-beat from Nigeria and Rumba music from Congo. No one ...

The most adventurous production out of Cuba of late is a revisionist take on the venerable rumba. At the MIDEM conference in Cannes last month, producer Cary Diez of the Havana label BIS Music ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Africa’s leading Congolese Rumba music is now on the list of the world cultural heritage of humanity after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) admitted the ...

It’s just after 8pm on a warm Saturday night and the heavy sound of guitars lightens up the atmosphere inside the serene setting of the Tamambo Restaurant in Karen. The pulsating beat of “Tres Impoli” ...

In Europe, the Paris-based band Kékélé is considered the world-music equivalent of exiled royalty: five of the stars of old-style Congolese soukous revisiting, on acoustic instruments, the classic ...

Some say he is the best Rumba musician Kenya never had while others credit him for having redefined local Rumba music making it acceptable locally and beyond. Meet renowned Rumba star John Odhiambo ...

By five minutes after 4, La Rumba was even more packed than for Speakeasy, Tiger. Perhaps no other band in Denver stitches together dance music with guitar rock than these gyts. And perhaps it's also ...

Sporting an expensive grey suit with shoes to match, Laurent Nyboma Mwandido, backed by his Royal Palian band, stepped onto the stage at Club Afrique shortly after midnight last Saturday. The crowd ...