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Today's new band: Staff Benda Bilili

If you're only going to buy one album by a gang of paraplegic Congolese funk veterans this year, this should be itHometown: Kinshasa, the Congo.The lineup: Ricky Likabu (leader, vocals), Coco Ngambali (vocals, guitar), Theo Nsituvuidi (vocals, guitar), Djunana Tanga-Suele (vocals), Kabamba Kabose Kasungo (vocals), Paulin "Cavalier" Kiara-Maigi (bass), Roger Landu (satonge, vocals), Cubain Kabeya (drums, vocals).The background: Staff Benda Bilili means "look beyond appearances" in Lingala, the la...

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15:13 on April 20 2009

Today's new band: Staff Benda Bilili

Guardian Music — If you're only going to buy one album by a gang of paraplegic Congolese funk veterans this year, this should be itHometown: Kinshasa, the Congo.The lineup: Ricky Likabu (... more info
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