Few musicians are as synonymous with their genre as guitarist Diblo Dibala is with soukous, the rippling, heavily melodic Congolese rumba. The late bandleader Franco, one of Dibala’s early bosses, ...

**** Loketo, Extra Ball (Shanachie); **** Aurlus Mabele with Loketo, King of Soukous (Sound Wave Records): Loketo means “move your hips” in Zaire – not that you’ll need anyone to tell you to loketo ...

NEW YORK — A corner apartment in Harlem: air conditioning on high against the blazing heat outside, African art objects and concert posters on the walls, incense wafting through the living room. This ...

Easily globalFEST 2011's hottest guitar player, Congolese musician Diblo Dibala has kept audiences all over the world dancing since his early teens. Growing from his early work in soukous, a type of ...

Nene Mbendi Mandosa passed away on January 28 but it took nearly a day before his close friend Lukombo Nzambe, aka Shimita el Diego, confirmed the sad news. Not that Nene was not popular enough in the ...

Fans of soukous music are mourning the death of Paris-based musician Aurlus Mabele, who succumbed on Thursday to a coronavirus infection, coming as he was suffering the effects of a stroke years ago.

Versatile and stylish Congolese musician Aurellen Miatsonama Aurlus Mabele was planning a return to the stage when cancer attacked and finally silenced him, bringing an illustrious career spanning ...

Nairobi — Congolese Soukous music star Aurlus Mabélé, who was synonymous with the name of his group, Loketo, is dead. The Paris-based singer, band leader and flamboyant dancer, who has been ailing for ...