Congolese music

The list author says:
	"Vocals, syntns and barely contained guitar raunchiness are piled in sweetly harmonic layers, some tunes a jolly stomp, others, requiring soft-shoe shuffling on a highly polished floor."

The list author says:
	"Franco was a legend in his time - originally from Congo (Kinshasa/Brazzaville), he is regarded as one of the most popular musicians ever among Africans in Africa."

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	"The roots of Franco's sound and the early sides with O.K. Jazz"

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	"2001 anthology of recordings from the godfather of the African music known as Soukous."

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	"An introduction to the finest tracks from Franco, arguably the greatest African musician of the twentieth century."

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	"With its cranked-up electric guitars and funky backbeat, Thu Zahina was the band that opened the breach for Zaiko Langa Langa in the late 1960s and early '70s"

The list author says:
	"soukous - has been at the core of African dance music for almost half a century"

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	"This nice album of vocal work from the Congolese superstar Papa Wemba harks back to his childhood in Matongue."

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	".. an Afro-pop project that unapologetically criss-crosses African and American vocabularies and goes down easily....dance-happy world music.."

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	"The high-pitched, and often melancholy, tone of Wemba's beautiful singing style is reminiscent of his traditional and rural beginnings in Kassa and of his mother, who sang traditional mourning songs f"

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	"Fasten your seatbelts for a whirlwind trip across the African continent."

The list author says:
	"Charlie Gillett's World 2006 takes us to all the corners of the musical world, with some of the greatest names in world music."

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	"A cosy album with Quartier Latin in central position."

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	"The leading singer of Mutuashi, the Afro-Cuban-influenced dance music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshala Muana is known for her sensuous stage outfits and extremely sexy dancing."

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	"..With his own African all-Stars...Mangwana spread the springy soukous sound throughout Africa, incorporating a host of international influences.."

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	"More dance-floor fun comes from this very uptempo and infectious Congo pop."

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	"A Celebration Of Music From Around The World"

The list author says:
	"It traveled from Congo to Cuba to Congo.... some say from Cuba to Congo to Cuba."