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KASULE UGANDA'S GEM TO THE WORLD

December 15, 2024 - 04:25 AM KASULE UGANDA'S GEM TO THE WORLD. Musically, Uganda is dwarfed by her East African counterpart Tanzania who are the region's champions, having produced hundreds of band's that excelled in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. However, even at that point of disadvantage, the country has managed to produce world class superstars, among them on Sammy Kasule. Kasule who was Uganda's biggest musical export to the world, at first to Nairobi and latter to Sweden, died on 28th April 2021 in Amsterdam Netherlands. He had had fallen sick and was travelling abroad to Sweden to seek treatment but when the plane stopped in Amsterdam, it was assessed that his condition had deteriorated, thus the need to seek......

LOKASSA YA M'BONGO

December 08, 2024 - 08:26 AM In the world of Congolese music, where lead guitarists often take the spotlight, Lokassa ya M'bongo stands out as a rhythm guitarist who achieved stardom. His journey began in 1968 with one of Africa’s greatest bands, Afrisa, led by the legendary Tabu Ley Rochereau. Initially, the band was known as African Fiesta Nationale, and Lokassa spent years in the background, playing alongside prominent musicians like Attel Mbumba, Michelino Mavatiku Visi, and Dino Vangu. For a decade, he contributed to the success of Afrisa’s hits and performed on the international stage, including the band's breakthrough shows at the Olympia in Paris in 1970. In 1978, during an Afrisa tour, Lokassa,......

AFRICAN FIESTA NATIONALE

November 08, 2024 - 07:00 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......

A STRANGE RELATIONSHIP

November 06, 2024 - 06:32 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......

THE RISE OF M'BILIA BEL

October 31, 2024 - 08:15 PM One day, Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu, known as Tabuley Rochereau, was seated at home watching television when a young lady singer appeared on the screen. This lady was M'bilia Bel, during her time with Sam Mangwana. At that moment, Tabuley was penning a new song titled "Mpeve ya Longo" and was eager to find a female vocalist for it. After seeing her perform on television, he sent for M'bilia Bel. However, she was not interested; her ten years in the Zairean music industry had left a bad taste in her mouth. She turned down Rochereau's offer, stating that music was no longer appealing to her. Despite her initial reluctance, repeated persuasion from friends and acquaintances, who recognized......

UNLUCKY LUCKY: LOVED BY THE WORLD, STOPPED BY A BULLET

October 19, 2024 - 06:25 AM UNLUCKY LUCKY: LOVED BY THE WORLD, STOPPED BY A BULLET. We are living in a crazy world, We we can't know what tomorrow brings, People are dying lie fries everyday, You will only know about it, when a man in a long black coat knocks your door, Because you are his next victim, This is an exerpt from Lucky Dube's song crazy world. The man in a long black coat, an artistic pictorial representation of death as captured in song, knocked the doors of the South African reggae star one afternoon of 18th October 2007 at Rossetenville a suburb of Johannesburg. Without recognizing him, three robbers shot at his car, just after he had dropped his children at their uncle's place. Although a......

FRANCO'S VERY FIRST SONG/S

October 17, 2024 - 05:22 AM FRANCO'S VERY FIRST SONG/S On November 17th and 18th 1953, Franco recorded his very songs. They were titled 'kombo ya loningisa' and 'lilima dis cheri was ngai'. Franco has partcipated in several recordings with the band the same year, but these weren't his compositions. The other members of the band were songbird Pauline Lisanga, Bikunda, Dewayon and others. By then Franco was 15-years-old and a member of Watam, which was Paul Ebengo Dewayon's band, signed at Loningisa Records. Remember the record label was the second in Leopoldville and was established in 1950 after Ngoma which was established in 1948. For eons basement dwellers have mentioned 'bolingo na ngai na......

BOY ON THE DRUMS

October 14, 2024 - 01:21 PM BOY ON THE DRUMS This is Albert William Louis...most people know him as Awilo Longomba.Back then aged just 24 years old in the group Viva La Musica, during their first tour of Japan in 1986. They used to call him 'the boy on drums' as he was the youngest in the group when he joined a few years earlier. In one interview, he remembers his late father, the famous Rumba singer, Vicky Longomba one of the founding members of T.P OK Jazz. Awilo said his father was his greatest inspiration though he never wanted the young man to venture into music...but as if his destiny was marked- to be in music.To date, Awilo has celebrated close to 40 years in the music industry and has won more world music......

THE MUSICAL STORY OF DIASI KADI.

October 01, 2024 - 07:10 AM THE MUSICAL STORY OF DIASI KADI. First his popular project was released in 1991, helped by his long-term friend, Kanda Bongo Man.Title: DIASI KADI.Tracks:(1) Alle Diata.(2) Souci Ya Motema.(3) Likambo.(4) Paradis.(5) Nabanzi.This project featured some of the best Soukous musicians of the time..they include Kanda Bongo Man, Solo Sita, Shimita and Pompon Kuleta on vocals.Guitar section: Dally Kimoko and Nene Tchakou on Solo, Mimi Kazidona on Rythm, Remy Sahlomon on Bass.Drums: Komba Bellow. The songs 'Souci Ya Motema' and 'Paradis' become the most favourite at that time..a duet made of Diasi and Kanda, the two who have almost similar vocal ranges! Diasi Kadi's Musical career:He......

THEM MUSHROOMS LEGEND

September 23, 2024 - 07:36 AM IMPORTANT BITS ON THEM MUSHROOMS LEGEND. 1. Teddy Kalanda conceived the idea of composing 'hakuna matata' after he heard a European tourist attempt a conversation while performing in Mombasa in 1980. He made a song from it and recorded it at Polygram in Nairobi while the band had its first tour of the city. 2. Hakuna Matata, could be Kenya's most popular song in the history of music recording in Kenya. The song has been redone by dozens of big names across the globe, the song sold 200,000 thousand copies and the line became so popular that I remember t-shirts emblazoned 'hakuna matata' becoming popular in the late 1980s or thereabouts.A few of the......

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KASULE UGANDA'S GEM TO THE WORLD

LOKASSA YA M'BONGO

AFRICAN FIESTA NATIONALE

A STRANGE RELATIONSHIP

THE RISE OF M'BILIA BEL

UNLUCKY LUCKY: LOVED BY THE WORLD, STOPPED BY A BULLET

FRANCO'S VERY FIRST SONG/S

BOY ON THE DRUMS

THE MUSICAL STORY OF DIASI KADI.

THEM MUSHROOMS LEGEND

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KASULE UGANDA'S GEM TO THE WORLD

LOKASSA YA M'BONGO

AFRICAN FIESTA NATIONALE

A STRANGE RELATIONSHIP

THE RISE OF M'BILIA BEL

UNLUCKY LUCKY: LOVED BY THE WORLD, STOPPED BY A BULLET

FRANCO'S VERY FIRST SONG/S

BOY ON THE DRUMS

THE MUSICAL STORY OF DIASI KADI.

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