Wow...28 songs today! This program of Congolese music usually features between about 12 and about 16 songs. But today's program is, primarily, music from the 1950s.
Of course, this is nowhere near a truly comprehensive presentation of the era. I just listen to a lot of this music and these are a few songs that I happened to like recently.
I wish I had added something from the Dieu de La Guitare album ( the Planet Ilunga set) of Docteur Nico and had added another Grand Kalle song. My bad.
So check out the first song for example. It's from a set called "Cubanismo from the Congo", but although there is a strong affinity with Cuban rumba, it has more local and coastal African influences. By the middle of the 50s, though, Congolese Rumba was an individual force to be reckoned with all over Africa that was also influencing music in the Western Hemisphere.
In the second hour, we have some later music by some incredibly gifted grandfathers and some other related music, then back to the 50s.
https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/5FD0CCBQVc
or here:
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Ambiance+Congo
The songs:
PART A
1)King
Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison Dream Team Dream Band
sebene from DORIS ILOKO (program theme song)
PAS DE CONTACT
Black Music
2)Adikwa
Depala
MATETE PARIS
THE WORLD IS SHAKING – CUBANISMO FROM THE
CONGO, 1954-1955
Honest Jon’s Records
3)Beguen
Band
SALA MBONGO KUDIA MBONGO
EARLY CONGO MUSIC 1946-1962, Vol. 2
El Sur Records
4)Jhimmy
AMIS
BENETAR
KONGO YA NOSTALGIC:
RUMBAS LINGALA, SWAHILI, KIKONGO &
DOUALA 1950-1960
Buda Musique
5)San
Salvador
CHERIE BONDOWE
NGOMA, THE EARLY YEARS, 1948-1960
Popular African Music
6)Bokalanga
MAZOLE VANGA SANGA
ROOTS OF RUMBA ROCK:
CONGO CLASSICS 1953-1954
Crammed Discs
7)Bowane
LIWA
ROOTS OF RUMBA ROCK: CONGO CLASSICS 1954-1955
Crammed Discs
8)De
Wayon
MABELE YO OKANISAKA
ROOTS OF OK JAZZ (CONGO CLASSICS 1955-1956)
Crammed Discs
9)Franco
et Le T.P. O.K. Jazz
MOSALA EKOMI MPASI-EMBONGA
ORIGINALITE:
THE ORIGINAL 1956 RECORDINGS OF O.K. JAZZ
RetroAfric
10)Jean
Mipa na Bana
TEMBELE TEMBELE
KASONGO! MODERN MUSIC OF THE BELGIAN CONGO
Capitol
11)Lucie
Eyanga
KAMSODA
BANKOLO MIZIKI – ANTHOLOGIE VOL. 2
Ngoyarto
12)Tino
Baroza
JAMAIS KALONGA
AFRICAN PEARLS, CONGO: RUMBA ON THE RIVER
Syllart Productions
13)Joseph
Kabasele & L’African Jazz
TEMBE NYE
LE GRAND KALLE: HIS LIFE, HIS MUSIC
Sterns
14)Franco
& L’OK Jazz
OYE, OYE, OYE
FRANCO ET L’O.K. JAZZ: 1957-1958-1959
MERVEILLES DU PASSE VOL. 1
African/Sonodisc
15)Marcelle
Fylla
PUSANA MOKE
LES MERVEILLES DU PASSE – STARS DES ANNEES
50
African
16)Rock
A Mambo
JALOUSIE
AFRICAN RETRO VOL. 5: ROCK A MAMBO
Pathe Marconi/EMI
17)Maz
Massengo et Le Negro Band
LOUISA TO BOKOLO BANA
MAX MASSENGO ET LE NEGRO BAND
Pathe Marconi/EMI
PART
B
18)Les
Bantous de la Capitale
PARA FIFI
GRAND KALLE:
LE MEILLEUR DE GRAND KALLE PAR LES BANTOUS
DE LA CAPITALE
Cyriaque Bassoka Productions
19)Wendo
Kolosoy & Rumbanella Band
MARIE LOUISE
EL CONGO BRAZZA KIN
Marabi
20)Edo
Nganga
OUISSANA
POT POURRI SUR LE PASSE, PONT SUR LE CONGO
Ikanga
21)Bumba
Massa
GARE A TOI MON AMI
V70
Cantos Music
22)Antoine
Mundanda & Likembe Geant
RETRAITE
THE VERY BEST OF CONGOLESE RUMBA:
THE KINSHASA-ABIDJAN SESSIONS
Marabi
BIBI
CONGO? BOLINGO!
EMI/Columbia
24)Roitlet
et Roger
BANGA MANA
LES MERVEILLES DU PASSE 1957-1975
African/Sonodisc
25)Ry-Co
Jazz
BINA CHARANGA
DANSONS…AVEC LE RY-CO JAZZ
Radio Martiko
26)Leon
Bukasa
KALALA BADI MWENE
BANKOLO MIZIKI – ANTHOLOGIE VOL. 1
Ngoyarto
27)Georges
Edward na M. Oliveira
EARLY CONGO MUSIC 1946-1962, Vol. 1
El Sur Records
28)Isaac
Musekiwa
CHERIE AKIMI NGAI
NGOMA, SOUVENIR YA L’INDEPENDENCE
Popular African Music
