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November 14, 2024 - 04:37 PM MUSICAL MOTHERLANDS THE TWO CONGOS are captured in Franco's song, CONGO MIBALE, which translates to the two Congos.In this song, an OK Jazz song, released on the Ngoma label in 1968, Franco shared what he thought of the two Congos. The probable lineup of the day was Franco on solo, Simaro on rhythm, and Celi Bisthou on bass. Dele Pedro on sax and Christophe Djali on trumpets. Franco sings the lead vocals as he is backed up by Boyibanda, Youlou, and Lola. The theme is colonialism. Franco wonders why there are two countries named Congo yet these are the same people living in the same place. The capital of DRC, Kinshasa, and the capital of the Republic of Congo, called Brazaville, lie......

PAPA NOEL NEDULE BIOGRAPHY

November 12, 2024 - 05:58 PM PAPA NOEL NEDULE BIOGRAPHY BIRTH & EARLY LIFE Papa Noel Nedule, born Antoine Nedule Monswet on December 29, 1940, in Kinshasa, DRC, was the son of a Lari father from Congo Brazzaville and a mother from the DRC. GENESIS OF A MUSICAL JOURNEY Papa Noel’s musical journey began early in life. Along with his fellow musician Celi Bitshou, he learned guitar from Bitshou's uncle, Daniel Loubelo (AKA De La Lune), a respected co-founder of OK JAZZ and Bantou Orch. This formative experience helped shape his distinctive guitar style. ADOPTING THE NAME NOEL Contrary to popular belief, Papa Noel did not adopt the name Noel because he was born on Christmas Day. Instead, he drew......

TANGAWIZI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

November 12, 2024 - 10:20 AM TANGAWIZI PAPA NOEL AND TP OK JAZZ Nalangwisi ye mamaaa! x 2 Nalambeli mobali tangawiziMobali akimi ye mamaah alangweAlangwe mamaaah I have made him drunk x 2 (He's drunk of love)I cooked the husband a delicious ginger tea (tender care with love)Till the husband ran away from her, the man was drunk,(the man decided to stay forgetting the other lady)the man is drunk mamaaah (Drunk of love) Nakamwisi ye mamaaa! x 2 (the love I give him has amazed him )Nalambeli mobali tangawizi(tender care with love)Mobali akimi ye mamaah alangwe.(the man decided to stay forgetting the other lady)Alangwe mamaaah(Drunk of love)My delicious ginger tea surprised the man x 2I cooked the man a delicious......

PAPA NOEL IS DEAD.

November 11, 2024 - 03:54 PM PAPA NOEL IS DEAD. This is one of Africa's brightest stars musically, debuted in the mid-1950s when the continent's music was in its formative stages with the advent of recording technology. Noel, Originally named Antoine Nedule Montswet was born on the 29th of December in 1940 and died today on the 11th of November 2024 in a Brussels hospital. He had been hospitalized for the better part of the year. Noel who had mixed parentage with his parents hailing from the Republic of Congo and DRC, debuted in the musical scene in the mid-1950s as a teenager backing up Leon Bukasa on guitar, in his numerous performances and recordings. To jog your mind, Leon Bukasa was one of the......

ATTENTION NA SIDA LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

November 10, 2024 - 01:42 PM ATTENTION NA SIDA BY FRANCO AND VICTORIA ELESIEN BAND 1987 Ooh Le SIDA une terrible maladie Ooh Aids, a terrible disease/conditionLe SIDA un mal qui ne pardonne pas A disease/condition without mercy/ merciless/unforgivingUn mal qui n’epargne une personneA disease which does not spare anyone/any personOh c’est fleau le SIDA qui laisse impuissante le medecinThus scourge that leaves doctors helpless/powerless REFRAINBenda nzoto ngai nabendi nzoto mama Train/restrain yourself, I too will restrain myselfBenda ya yo ngai nabendi ya ngaiRestrain yours, I restrain yoursSIDA eponi ekolo te mamaAids does not choose/discriminate any......

THE CONGOLESE UPCOMING MUSICAL GEM

November 08, 2024 - 06:05 PM THE CONGOLESE UPCOMING MUSICAL GEM Rumba Congolese is a male-dominated genre; however, there are women who have risen against this oddity to make a name for themselves and leave a mark in the genre's history. Such is songbird Trecy Le Cayenne, the Congolese sensation who has expanded the contributions of female Congolese musicians to new heights. Historically, Congolese rumba evolved from a hybrid of local folk dances fused with imported influences from other civilizations, such as Latin America, and adapted to modernity. The element of traditional folklore meant that the participation of women was often peripheral and at times limited to dancing. From the days of Pauline Lisanga at Ngoma......

AFRICAN FIESTA NATIONALE

November 08, 2024 - 06:00 PM AFRICAN FIESTA NATIONALE Stadium Tata Raphael, May 20th, 1970, just before the Paris Olympia concert. Réné Kassanda, (vocals) Michelino Mavatiku Visi (rhythm), Pepe Ndombe (vocals), Attel Mbumba (solo), Seskain Molenga (drummer) Faugus Izeidi (mi solo) Kola Philo (bass), Rochereau Pascal ( vocals/band leader) Empompo Loway (sax) Lokassa Ya Mbongo (rhythm) It was after the Olympia concert, the first by an African band, that this band rebranded from African Fiesta Nationale to Afrisa International. The band came into being in 1966, when Tabuley, Willy Kuntima, and Roger Izeidi went separate ways with Dr Nico and his rhythm brother Dechaud, naming theirs Africain......

WHO INVENTED SAXOPHONE?

November 07, 2024 - 04:33 PM ADOLPHE SAX Had the trumpet not blown for him on 7th February 1894, Adolphe Sax would be celebrating his 210th birthday today. Adolphe invented the saxophone, a wind instrument that is the heart of music across several genres, with prominence in Jazz. Working as a music instrument maker, Adolphe, born in Belgium, was the son of Joseph Sax, a renowned maker of brass instruments, harps, and guitars. He made the saxophone invention in 1942, improving on a flute and a clarinet. He also made other inventions that didn't make much prominence. These were the saxo-tromba and the sax-horn. Without his music genius in innovation, music wouldn't be what it is today as the saxophone has continued to......

A STRANGE RELATIONSHIP

November 06, 2024 - 05:32 PM FRANCO LUAMBO AND MOBUTU SESE SSEKO Franco always had a political bent which he expressed in many of his songs. While still in their teens, he had been a troublemaker before Congo got independence from the Belgians. One of his earliest forays into politics came in 1957 when one of his songs was banned by the colonial authorities. Soon after independence, Franco would sing a number of political songs, starting with the number “Ba Deputes botika Mbilinga, Mbilinga (Parliamentarians stop the confusion). He would follow this up with two more numbers: Docteur Moise Tshombe and Government ya Katanga Orientale. 1. Franco Sings Liwaya ya Lumuba (Liwa ya Emery)His most memorable political......

KAKAI: THE BENGA PROTEGE WHO OUTSHONE THE MASTERS

November 05, 2024 - 09:40 AM KAKAI: THE BENGA PROTEGE WHO OUTSHONE THE MASTERS The Benga earthquake happened in the mid-1950s. Its epicenter was Nyanza, then known as Kavirondo at the 'tie dero' (beside a granary) on the shores of Lake Victoria. A choice of a 'tie dero' happened intentionally to keep children and at times women, off the lyrics that would occasionally veer off to what would pass as explicit. With the arrival of European explorers, a convergence of civilization occurred and the same beat began discarding the old nyatiti and replacing it with contemporary Spanish acoustic, and with the advent of recording technology, the shockwaves began reverberating beyond its Nyanza birthplace. The......

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MUSICAL MOTHERLANDS

PAPA NOEL NEDULE BIOGRAPHY

TANGAWIZI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

PAPA NOEL IS DEAD.

ATTENTION NA SIDA LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

THE CONGOLESE UPCOMING MUSICAL GEM

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TANGAWIZI LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

PAPA NOEL IS DEAD.

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