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The Karindula Sessions: Tradi-Modern Sounds from Southeast Congo – review

4968 days ago

Guardian Music — (Crammed Discs)Vincent Kenis is a musical explorer. In the 90s he travelled across the Balkans, recording the now-celebrated Romanian Gypsy band Taraf de Haidouks, and in recent years he has spent much of his time in the Democratic Republic of Congo,... more info

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Fame Beckons For Congolese Street Band

4972 days ago

Sky News — A group of Congolese street musicians, called Staff Benda Bilili, are being tipped to be the next stars of world music after featuring in a critically-acclaimed documentary. more info

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Fame Beckons For Congolese Street Musicians

4973 days ago

Sky News — A group of Congolese street musicians, called Staff Benda Bilili, are being tipped to be the next stars of world music after featuring in a critically-acclaimed documentary. more info

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Congo, where rumba meets r'n'b

4977 days ago

Guardian Music — Staff Benda Bilili's success in the west has obscured the reality of blinged-up stars and adoring fans in the dancehalls of KinshasaIn cinemas now is the film Benda Bilili, a documentary telling the extraordinary story of Staff Benda Bilili. If you h... more info

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Benda Bilili! – review

4982 days ago

Guardian Music — A cheerful, entertaining documentary about the meteoric success of African slum band Staff Benda Bilili, says Xan BrooksStaff Benda Bilili are a group of Congolese buskers who gather beneath the acacia trees in Kinshasa zoo, where they dream of stard... more info

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From street to screen: the story of Staff Benda Bilili

5003 days ago

Guardian Music — Staff Benda Bilili's remarkable story is coming to UK cinemas. Robin Denselow talks to the men who made it all happen.It's an intriguing imponderable of the African music scene. If Renaud Barret, a Paris-based graphic designer, hadn't had a girlfrien... more info

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tuesday evening updates

5026 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — W said... * UTOPIA Deface The Music (1980) * UTOPIA Deface The Music Tour 2CD (1980/2001) Todd Rundgren & Utopia's Beatles homage album and the resulting 2CD tour album from 1980 & 2001. * SHAUN CASSIDY Wasp (1980) RE-upped. Cassidy's album with Todd... more info

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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Staff Benda Bilili's Congolese Rhythms Hit Global Scale

5134 days ago

All About Jazz — With shows at Cannes and other stops and the documentary 'Benda Bilili!' due out, the Kinshasa band of mostly disabled musicians is riding a life-changing wave of popularity. In the long history of music, there have been improbable success stories... more info

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