Kanda Bongo Man is one of the giants of African popular music. Hailing from the Democratic Republic of Congo, his infectious brand of Congolese Soukous,…
Artist Profiles: Kanda Bongo Man
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Kekele
Kekele is a collective of legendary Congolese musicians revitalizing the Congolese rumba of the golden age artists such as OK Jazz, Ry-Co Jazz, or Les…
Artist Profiles: Dominic Kanza
Kanza means happiness in the Lingala language. Dominic Kanza was born in Kinshasa (D.R. Congo). He is a band leader, singer and guitarist, providing dazzling…
Artist Profiles: Diblo Dibala
Diblo Dibala is a Congolese electric guitar virtuoso. Born in born in 1954 in Kisangani (D. R. Congo), his approach to the guitar has made…
Artist Profiles: Vera Bílá
Vera Bílá is a Czech Roma, although her family originates from the Gypsy shantytowns of Slovakia. She smokes heavily, eats with gusto, and loves to…
Artist Profiles: Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr
Kocko & Orchestr is peculiar songster, singer, composer and speculator in the area of traditional Moravian and Slavonic artistic creation, history and religion. He and…
Artist Profiles: Terne Chave
Terne Chave (Young guys, in the Roma language) is an award-winning Gypsy music band led by Gejza Bendig that is specialized in Eastern European Roma…
Artist Profiles: Marta Topferova
Born in Ostrava, in the Czech Republic, the young Marta Topferova moved with her family to Prague, where she began her musical career at age…
Artist Profiles: Kale
For many years Kale performed as Vera Bila & Kale (Vera White and The Blacks, as it translates). This relationship lasted until September 2005. Kale…
Artist Profiles: Iva Bittová
Violinist, singer and composer, Iva Bittová recognizes no boundaries in music. She is one of the most significant and original personalities of contemporary Czech music.…