Think you can listen to these guys without moving?
Just try.
Staff Benda Bilili
Live, Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
“Na Lingui Yo,” c. 2007
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“Polio,” c. 2007
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Singing, playing, talking, 2011
Vodpod videos no longer available.I can’t make up my mind about the Internet.
Does it make it possible, with simply a click, to travel anywhere in the world?
Or is it just a vast collection of electronic wallpaper?
Are these the right questions?
Baloji, “Tout Ceci Ne Vous Rendra Pas le Congo” (Hotel Impala), 2007
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lagniappe
radio
Having just completed two days of trumpeter Roy Eldridge’s music, WKCR-FM (broadcasting from Columbia University) begins a 24-hour Memorial Broadcast honoring composer Milton Babbitt, who passed away Saturday at the age of 94.
Sunday, South Africa; Monday, Morocco; today let’s head to the center—the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).
Konono No. 1, “Lufuala Ndonga”
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