In the heart of Kinshasa, the frenzied capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, classical music has found an unlikely band of heroes. Past the noisy, gritty markets and the cacophony of the city’s ...

Though the Allstars also have a fondness for thumb pianos (likembe) played through cranky homemade amps, their music has more space and melodic content and utilises a greater variety of instruments.

This turns out to be the Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste and the explanation for their appearance is that this is a soundtrack album. But actually the three strings and choir tracks evenly spaced ...