The other day, while checking out the various (and many) African internet radio stations on Radio Garden, I zoomed over to Congo and discovered Radio Digital Congo/Radio Okapi (digitalcongo.net), ...

While most people are mourning the tragic death of Prince, I just found out that another great musician died earlier today. Congolese superstar PapaWemba was performing onstage in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ...

Versatile and stylish Congolese musician Aurellen Miatsonama Aurlus Mabele was planning a return to the stage when cancer attacked and finally silenced him, bringing an illustrious career spanning ...

Loboko filters classic Congolese soukous rhythms through NYC's African and Afro-Caribbean diaspora, setting up a joyful transatlantic reverberation that connects Kinshasa, Paris, Palenque, NYC, and ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's sweltering riverside capital is more accustomed to the pulsating rhythms of some of Africa's most famous Soukous and Rumba musicians than the more genteel strains of ...

With the possible exception of Thomas Mapfumo, Oliver Mtukudzi is the most popular musician Zimbabwe has ever had. Mtukudzi's updating of the local Shona tradition -- flavored by borrowings from South ...

With it is driving beat and spidery, dual guitar lines, Congolese band Loboko is exactly the kind of band that would have a packed crowd on their feet at the Folk Festival Dance Pavilion. They are ...

Congolese musician Aurellen Miatsonama Aurlus Mabele. Versatile and stylish Congolese musician Aurellen Miatsonama Aurlus Mabele was planning a return to the stage when cancer attacked and finally ...

Biyake and his collaborators Guillaume Lozillon and Guillaume Gilles, masters of digital keyboards and programming, and percussionist Gaëlle Salomon weave a rich texture of sounds that speak to each ...

Overview of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Geography -- History -- Government and the economy -- People and lifestyle -- Language and literature -- Arts -- Leisure and festivals -- Food -- ...