I just got the message from blogfriend Mouhamadou, Bopol Mansiamina died of a stroke last week, november 7. Guitarist, bass player Bopol worked with so many artists during his life, read his Wikipedia page to get the full information. Mouhamadou asked me if I have his 1988 album which contains the song 'Ce le'. Unfortunately[...]

Hello world, it is saturday morning this 9th of march, spring is not there yet and that shows. Rain, rain and more rain is pouring from the sky. Winter took far too long to pass this year and we're all glad temperatures are rising slowly, we're not there yet but it gets better. The best[...]

Let me tell you straight, this is a masterpiece. I think this must be Bopol's best lp ever, damn..I love it. With Nyboma's wonderful vocals, Dally on guitar and Bopol on bass, bloody brilliant. I need to tell you something else. It's not the first time that while listening to the music it becomes clear[...]

Get ready for some powerful soukous. Bopol is back with this album of heavy dance material. Volumes up ! tracks; 1 Dienaba 2 Misere 3 Aida (instr.) 4 Aida 5 Yembele yembele 6 Djeneba

Bopol Mansiamina, Syran Mbenza, Sam Mangwana, Theo Blaise, 4 names you can't ignore when read on the cover of one LP. This one is from 1987 and that's exactly how it sounds, typical eighties soukous with some of the world's greatest. Enjoy. tracks; 1 Sambela 2 Africa diaspora 3 Reviens Moussa 4 Marie Jeanne 5[...]

On Sacodis, Lassissi Présente 'Bopol Mansiamina'. If you speak of guitar driven, Bopol Mansiamina as a string magician guarantees just that. His music stands firm as a house and rocks on and on. Co-produced by Bopol himself, the man knew what he was doing. Sacodis' info is very poor and the backsleeve gives no names[...]

Accompanied by Deyesse on Sax, Domingo Salsero on Drums, the great voices of Asi Kapela and Théo Blaise Kounkou, Syran Mbenza on Guitar, this is Bopol Mansiamina with the sweet Maillot Jaune. It was recorded in Paris, do you think the 'Tour de France' was going on same time ? Or did they bike their[...]

Two days ago, I received this email; Afrisong Records Fri, Mar 17, 4:25 PM (2 days ago) to moos Moos, this is to inform you: my dear friend Lokassa Ya Mbongo of the Soukous Stars has passed away after a long illness. his friends worldwide will like to know. please do a nice celebration of life[...]

For this sunday we've got another album with Theo Blaise Kounkou. It has no year of release, but I suspect it to be from the second half of the eighties. Once more Theo brought along Master Mwana Congo and to my pleasure Lokassa ya Mbongo and Dally Kimoko. Some keys are present, not too many[...]

He used to take care of the vocal parts on albums by Lokassa ya Mbongo, Mayaula Mayoni, Pablo Lubadika Porthos, Bopol Mansiamina, Syran Mbenza and Verckys among others. We had one album under his own name with Zoe Matondo. Today we find his second solo record from 1982. Quite enjoyable Congolese album recorded in Abidjan,[...]

There are some who say that Congolese rumba - lovely, graceful and charming though it was in the good old days - is now a faded relic of the past. But they haven't heard this album. Two veterans of those good old days - guitarist and songwriter Dino Vangu and singer Sam Mangwana - have[...]

In the continuing story of Global Samplers we have arrived at No. 77. This one covers posts from around november 2018. Slowly getting closer to the present .. 01 - Arsenio Rodriguez - Que te parece juana 02 - Lamartine - Kimbemba 03 - Super Etoile de Dakar - Deugue la vérité 04 - Black[...]

We used to have a few more albums with Four Stars, Quatre Étoiles than we have today. Some of their records appeared on Syllart Records however and they forced me to remove every one of their releases. A band like this one deserves to find a place here at the Global Groove and fortunately we[...]

I first posted this album eleven years ago, in june 2009. Recording it then, I skipped a small part of the beginning of track one. About time to do it again and this time better. The pictures were also made too dark that first time. Sam Mangwana & the African All Stars deserve to appear[...]