In Europe, the Paris-based band Kékélé is considered the world-music equivalent of exiled royalty: five of the stars of old-style Congolese soukous revisiting, on acoustic instruments, the classic ...

It’s fair to say that most cover artists wouldn’t touch Mahler’s terrifying second symphony with a barge pole. As well as brass, woodwind, strings, keyboard and a full-voice choir, the original score ...

Nairobi — When Congolese musician Papa Wemba performed at the Carnivore in Nairobi at the weekend and introduced his show with hip-hop and rock-fused rumba, most of the fans were not amused. A section ...