Ten years ago, a group of friends calling themselves The Latin Soul Brothers got together at a small bar in Oakland to create an experience they named Makossa for aficionados of Latin and Afrobeat ...
Ce sont quelques notes. Pas plus. Pourtant, elles ont fait le tour du monde et filent encore des frissons quand on démarre le mythique album « Thriller » de Michael Jackson. En 1982, le King of Pop ...
The loss of “Papa Dibango”, who died from COVID-19 on 24 March at the age of 86, has left a large void. His fans could not even console themselves with his music, as no tribute concert could be ...
Manu Dibango, who brought African rhythms to Western popular music through his 1972 hit Soul Makossa, died from complications of the coronavirus, according to his official Facebook page. “It is with ...
‘Saka Makossa’ appears on the surface as a vain song about two self-indulgent young people who want to have fun, and show off while doing so. But in reality, it pays tribute to a genre of music known ...
Mort des suites du Covid-19, le saxophoniste Manu Dibango avait écrit l'hymne de la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1972 au Cameroun. Pour les besoins d'une face B de cette composition, il avait imaginé ...