Papa Wemba Pays Homage to Franco Luambo Makiadi

I hope you all have enjoyed your weekend. Here is a video of Papa Wemba paying homage to Le Grande Maitre, Franco.

Fally Ipupa performs with Vodacom Best of the Best Finalists & the Winner is... José Hendrix Ndelo *SEE WHOLE EPISODE BELOW*

For those who are unaware the international cellphone company Vodacom holds singing competitions in various markets across the world. One of those markets is the Democratic Republic of Congo.  In all honesty I only recently discovered this American Idol-like show and the fact that the DRC has held this show for at least 3 years now, when I stumbled across a clip of Fally Ipupa performing with the finalists of the Vodacom Best of the Best competition yesterday.  All of the contestants did pretty well in the clip I saw, check it out:

*EDITED TO ADD FULL FINALE EPISODE OF VODACOM CONGO BEST OF THE BEST*

The winner of the competition is José Hendrix Ndelo.  I actually started following José about 5 years ago on Myspace & keep in touch with him on Facebook (you can look him up by name).  Very humble and down to earth, not to mention extremely talented.  He mixes a lot of different styles to create a vibrant sound and has a great voice to boot. We here at Tambour d'Afrique wish José the best in all of his endeavors; Sky's the limit!

Here's a 3 video clip from his last project EMBRACE THE EARTH:

KIANDO - A STAR FOR YOU - WHEN IT FEELS

Boite Noire

After announcing his 3rd solo album "Boite Noire" almost 3 years ago, Ferre Gola is finally set to release his opus in June.  Here is an excerpt from one of the rumbas on the album. Enjoy...

Werrason Satellite +2

Check out these Werrason videos from his latest release "Satellite +2"

Ingredients

Satellite

Cayenne

Fally Ipupa...Power...Kosa Leka

The Congolese music industry has been buzzing in excitement for months over Fally Ipupa's newest album Power (Kosa Leka) since the release of videos for the hot singles Sweet Life and Power 001. Power..., Fally's 3rd Solo album is set to be released tomorrow April 5th, after being delayed from it's initial release date of March 30th due to CD printing issues. Today he has released two new songs from the album to Youtube and other Congolese music promotional outlets. Enjoy. Support Congolese music...

NDOKI

1000% MAWA

Tambour d'Afrique Tonight!

Hello Listeners! Tonight we Guy will be recording yet another episode of Tambour d'Afrique live from Brooklyn, NY on www.radiotriomphe.com at 10pm. Tune in for an exciting two hours filled with great Congolese music.

We have some episodes from the past that we are still working on trying to get up for you all. In the meantime please tune in every Saturday evening at 10pm EST-New York Time.

Here are some videos to enjoy for now. Thank you all for your continued support!

Solo Sita - Couleur Cafe


Nyboma - Kamale


Ferre Gola - 3ieme Doigt

Paroles...

In January, as I was learning the words to another one of my favorite Congolese songs, I realized that while there are several lyrics archives for genres such as R&B and Hip Hop there are no such archives available for Congolese Music.  For a genre that relies heavily on poetic lyricism I found this to be a shame.  I decided to take it upon myself to get such an archive started. This is how Congo-Kin Lyrics Archive was born. The blog is still in it's infant stages with a handful of entries. Please take the time out to visit the site. You can submit lyrics, translations and/or requests at congokinlyrics@gmail.com



I leave you on this Monday morning with a song that I have written and performed called Sanda.  It is part of my Kin Piracy Dub series which will be released this summer. For those who are not familiar Kin Piracy Dub is a project that I started in 2009 which involves me combining Dancehall Reggae music with Congolese lyrics and melodies.  Sanda is the first single off of Part II: Kingston to Kinshasa.
I hope you all enjoy. Have a great week!