Notes cascade like quicksilver from the fingers of Diblo Dibala, a/k/a “Machine Gun,” who revved up the Congo’s soukous guitar style into high gear with his former band, Loketo, and later with ...

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 ...

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, ...

168 168 people viewed this event. Late night concert as part of the Habari Africa Festival featuring the soukous music guitarist. 10:30 pm-2 am. $15. In the Brigantine Room.

Zairean guitar legend Diblo Dibala and his group, Matchatcha, jammed into the wee hours Saturday night at the Equator Club in a partying, dance-music performance of soukous, a Central African pop ...

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 ...

African guitar god Diblo Dibala makes a rare appearance at SOB’s in NYC tonight (12/23). Tickets are still available. Get ready to dance. Learn some moves in the videos below… Filed under: ...

**** 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 ...