Congolese guitarist Siama Matuzungidi sitting by the Mississippi. His new album, "Rivers: From the Congo to the Mississippi," is based on his own rich tradition of soukous music, but incorporates ...

Music has more than its share of forgotten stars and underappreciated figures. There have been happy endings for some, such as the backup singers in the Oscar-winning "20 Feet From Stardom" ...

Ricky Mulolo is re-engineering a revolution in Lingala music and is already seeing fruits of his labour, writes Stevens Muendo As Soukous music began to conquer London and Paris in the late 1980s, a ...

"Ngui-Ngon" appears on Tiers Monde Cooperation's debut LP. Fortunately, sharing music that’s decades past its press cycle is one purpose of this column. The Listener is for whatever we like, and ...

NEW LONDON -- Here's the path Siama Matuzungidi took to get from stardom to obscurity. He started in the Democractic Republic of Congo, where he left his home at age 17 in 1971, and made his way to ...

Loboko features Congolese vocalist and guitar virtuoso Yohni Djungu Sungu, alongside Soukouss-Stars legend and master bassist Ngouma Lokito and drummer and co-founder Morgan Greenstreet. Photo by Eric ...

In the early years at a time, Awilo was firing from all cylinders with his Congolese Soukos brand of music. The Congolese musician is known for his Soukous songs and calls his style of music ...