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Congo Funk! Sound Madness from the Shores of the Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969–1982) is a compilation album of Congolese rumba, released by record label Analog Africa on 5 April 2024.
Rhumba, also known as ballroom rumba, is a genre of ballroom music and dance that appeared in the East Coast of the United States during the 1930s. It combined American big band music with Afro-Cuban rhythms, primarily the son cubano, but also conga and rumba. Although taking its name from the latter, ballroom rumba differs completely from ...
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2024. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues , remasters , and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable , defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
On 11 March 2022, he released the album's single "Rumba Trap", which blended Congolese rumba and trap music. [140] On 17 March of that year, Gola officially signed a record deal with the Sony Music Africa label based in South Africa for the release of Dynastie Volume 1, [ 43 ] [ 16 ] [ 141 ] [ 142 ] which debuted on 25 March 2022, across ...
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Chico & the Gypsies is a French Gitano band that plays Catalan rumba, flamenco, Latin pop, and Latin rock. It is led by Chico Bouchikhi , one of the founders of the Gipsy Kings . A year after leaving that band, in 1991, he formed the Gypsies in his hometown of Arles .
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat is a 2024 documentary film directed by Johan Grimonprez about the Cold War episode that led American musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba. [3]
Alongside rumba, other imported genres like American swing, French cabaret and Ghanaian highlife were also popular. In 1953, the Congolese music scene began to differentiate itself with the formation of African Jazz (led by Joseph "Le Grand Kallé" Kabasele ), the first full-time orchestra to record and perform, and the debut of fifteen-year ...