THE PERFECT COMPANION.......to this wonderful disc is Gary Stewart's book of the same title. It is a very readable introduction to the golden age of Congolese rumba, and all the personalities and politics that were formative to the music, including the rise of Mobutu, and the subsequent exile of many of the biggest stars first to Abidjan, and then on to Paris, thus giving birth to a large part of what today goes under the title of world music, but was essentially Latin, and African.
great music!
piken79 6 months ago
GORGEOUS !
wasupthere 7 months ago
THE PERFECT COMPANION.......to this wonderful disc is Gary Stewart's book of the same title. It is a very readable introduction to the golden age of Congolese rumba, and all the personalities and politics that were formative to the music, including the rise of Mobutu, and the subsequent exile of many of the biggest stars first to Abidjan, and then on to Paris, thus giving birth to a large part of what today goes under the title of world music, but was essentially Latin, and African.
STONEBEADMAKER 8 months ago