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Battle of the Century: Les Mangelepa vs. Super Mazembe, April 29 | Cavacha Express! Classic congolese hits
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A music blog by a devoted fan and aspiring dj. Battle of the Century: Les Mangelepa vs. Super Mazembe, April 29. April 14, 2015. April 9, 2015. Super Mazembe vs. Les Mangelepa…who will be the victor? Are you ready for a showdown? Episode 7 of Cavacha Express! Looks at two bands influenced by East African beats: Les Mangelepa and Super Mazembe. And I’m taking them to battle. And YOU will judge who should be the last band standing. Create a FREE account here. New York City time zone). Listen HERE on YouTube.
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Liner Notes: Episode 9: Yo, Leki! | Cavacha Express! Classic congolese hits
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A music blog by a devoted fan and aspiring dj. Liner Notes: Episode 9: Yo, Leki! June 2, 2015. October 2, 2016. Aired live May 27, 2015, and available here. This show is the last for the season but I’ll be back in August or September with music by Nyboma and Lipua Lipua, Orchestre Bella Bella, Shama Shama, Pepe Kalle, and more. Not to mention the awesome. Dancing and the chimp that’s like what the? Les petits frères of Wenge make us bouger bouger! Bavon Marie Marie and his Negro Succès: inspiration for t...
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kimi k. | Cavacha Express! Classic congolese hits
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A music blog by a devoted fan and aspiring dj. July 14, 2016. Nostrand Ave., Flatbush. In the early 1980s, not long before he would leave this earth, Franco set foot in Flatbush, Brooklyn. And this weekend, I was there. I learned this amazing fact in the fall in NYC, when I visited the Pan African Space Station, a pop-up exhibition sponsored by the South Africa-based publication, Chimurenga. If this name sounds familiar, it’s because I made a post about them last September. I cursed the inventors of the ...
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Liner Notes: Episode 6: Congolese Divas | Cavacha Express! Classic congolese hits
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A music blog by a devoted fan and aspiring dj. Liner Notes: Episode 6: Congolese Divas. April 24, 2015. Aired live April 8, 2015, and available here. M’Pongo Love: Congolese. As well as women. Or maybe my Lingala isn’t good enough for me to understand! Congolese music superstar M’Bilia Bel. So why are women so underrepresented in Congolese popular music? I have no hard answers for you, but from what I’ve gleaned from the songs in my collection, the life of a. But some made it and became stars, such as M&...
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Wednesday, May 27: Episode 9: Yo, Leki! | Cavacha Express! Classic congolese hits
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A music blog by a devoted fan and aspiring dj. Wednesday, May 27: Episode 9: Yo, Leki! May 20, 2015. Episode 9 of CAVACHA EXPRESS! Will feature Congolese music’s. Little brothers)…literally and figuratively. After a face-off between brothers Bavon Marie Marie and Franco of OK Jazz, we’ll listen to the next generation of singers like Awilo Longomba, who paid respect to their “big brothers.”. Create a FREE account here. To listen LIVE on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 8:00 PM 9:30 PM EST. New York City time zone).
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Liner Notes: Episode 7: Les Mangelepa v. Super Mazembe | Cavacha Express! Classic congolese hits
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A music blog by a devoted fan and aspiring dj. Liner Notes: Episode 7: Les Mangelepa v. Super Mazembe. May 6, 2015. May 6, 2015. Aired live April 29, 2015, and available here. Tonight I have a special treat for you: a good old-fashioned battle of the bands: Les Mangelepa versus Super Mazembe! Les Mangelepa goes on safari. Super Mazembe: “We can do a safari too! And it made me higher thanMt. Kenya! That means I don’t need a time machine but rather a ticket to Nairobi, and pronto.). And you need to join th...
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Liner Notes: Episode 4: I Love Josky! | Cavacha Express! Classic congolese hits
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A music blog by a devoted fan and aspiring dj. Liner Notes: Episode 4: I Love Josky! April 17, 2015. Aired live March 4, 2015, and. Tonight’s episode features yet another one of my favorite singers, Josky Kiambukuta, during his career with OK Jazz. If you’ve listened to earlier episodes, you know that OK Jazz is one of my all-time favorite bands from the Congo. Franco was genius in the lead singers he showcased: Ntesa Dalienst, Youlou Mabiala, Madilu, and Josky, to name a few. Nzambe, oza yoka. Next we h...
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Greetings from Matongé, Bruxelles | Cavacha Express! Classic congolese hits
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A music blog by a devoted fan and aspiring dj. Greetings from Matongé, Bruxelles. July 23, 2015. April 11, 2016. I am on vacation in Belgium but will be back in a few weeks with some more Congolese music classics! And of course, I had to visit the Matongé section of Brussels and soak up some Congolese flavor and food (moamba! Cheri Samba welcoming us to Matongé. Liner Notes: Episode 9: Yo, Leki! Pesa Ngai Bolingo (Give Me Love)! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Follow Blog via Email.
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Liner Notes: Episode 5: Love that Voice! Ntesa Dalienst | Cavacha Express! Classic congolese hits
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A music blog by a devoted fan and aspiring dj. Liner Notes: Episode 5: Love that Voice! April 21, 2015. October 2, 2016. Aired live March 25, 2015 and. Tonight I’m focusing on yet another of my favorite voices in Congolese music: that of Ntesa Dalienst. He built his career with my favorite band, OK Jazz, but before that, he helped launch the group Les Maquisards, which Sam Mangwana was also affiliated with. So, why do I love this man’s voice so much? And gentleman Ntesa Dalienst seems to have been, at le...
