King Kikii’s career spanned several decades and he is perhaps best known for his hit song ‘Kitambaa Cheupe,’ a track that remains an anthem in Tanzanian music circles ...

And, maybe most importantly, Alternate Root notes, “If there is a healing power in music, ‘Rhumba Country’ has it.” Healing has been on LaFarge’s mind of late. Remembering the downward ...

Veteran Bongo Flava star AY has mourned the passing of Legendary Rhumba and Zilizopendwa maestro Mzee Boniface Mwanza Mpango popularly known as King Kiki.

LCD Soundsystem are back with a new single, “X-Ray Eyes,” which is their first new music since 2022’s “New Body Rhumba” (which was their first song in five years). The song premiered on ...

Tributes continued to pour in for fallen rhumba maestro Lutumba Massiya Simaro ... but also influenced my passion and great appreciation of Congolese music,” he said. Kenan Miruka wrote ...

But LCD Soundsystem don’t release new music very often. Two years ago, they dropped a track called “New Body Rhumba” on the soundtrack to Noah Baumbach’s White Noise movie. That one was ...

Last week came with good news for Africa as Congolese rumba music won Unesco protected status. It joined other living traditions such as Jamaican Reggae on Unesco’s intangible cultural heritage ...

Debuted as a “worldwide exclusive” on NTS Radio today (Tuesday October 22), the song marks the first new material from James Murphy and co – aside from the standalone ‘New Body Rhumba ...