musical link: Franco, Lokassa and a surprise guest.
In lieu of conversation, you get music. Today, some soukous and some classic rumba from el Grand Maître Colossus
. . . Ray Lama breaks it down . . .
. . . and explains what the sebene is really all about so don’t let anyone who talks about it after this scare you.
To kick this session off, Lokassa ya Mbongo brings out his tricked-out (or is that “pimped out” these days?) guitar and seriously gets down to a quasi-mambo tune that is just seriously rocking.
And then to slow things down, a classic piece of rumba (correct me if I am wrong Doug), Franco on Non from the album Chez Fabrice. All in all, 13 minutes of guitar and crooning bliss.
Now, one more thing, the rumours going around are patently false, I am a “cultured” fellow who actually listens to music that is not rumba (but I cannot carry a tune or hold a note to save my life).
Here, I’ll prove it, I often listen to Glenn Miller and his big bad orchestra choo choo right along . . .
The Glenn Miller Orchestra - The Chattanooga Choo-Choo
. . . and I also listen to Miriam Makeba and Mr. Belafonte . . .
Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba - Show Me the Way, Brother
. . . so there.
Thats all folks, schools out and we are all done for today.
Click here for all the other pre-1990 East African music I have posted in the past.
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mirembe says:
October 3, 2006, 10:39 pm -
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January 12, 2007, 7:02 pm[...] Now that we have that out of the way, back to frantic pace. Here is Lokassa Ya Mbongo, whose music I have posted before with Monica. [...]
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Thanks.
The franco one was nice…..personal favorite though is still Mario. Today on Sauti ya ingo online station i heard another one called C’est due la….not sure if this was a mispelling. But it was really nice.
Btw, Thanks for the Harry+miriam—my fav is Malaika.