Kanda Bongo Man
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NOV
16
2023
London, United Kingdom
100 Club
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MAY
30
2023
London, United Kingdom
Amazing Grace London
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JAN
15
2023
Manchester, United Kingdom
Band on the Wall
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DEC
31
2022
South West London, United Kingdom
Nells
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FEB
26
2022
London, United Kingdom
The Jazz Cafe
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DEC
11
2021
Constantine, United Kingdom
Falmouth The Tolmen Centre
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About Kanda Bongo Man
Kanda Bongo Man (born 1955), from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a prominent soukous musician. He is most famous for the structural changes he implemented to soukous music. The previous approach was to sing several verses and have one guitar solo at the end of the song. Kanda Bongo Man revolutionized soukous by encouraging guitar solos after every verse and even sometimes at the beginning of the song. His form of soukous gave birth to the kwassa kwassa dance rhythm where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips.
Kanda Bongo Man still tours frequently in Europe and the United States. On July, 2005 he performed at the LIVE 8: Africa Calling concert in Cornwall.
Kanda Bongo Man still tours frequently in Europe and the United States. On July, 2005 he performed at the LIVE 8: Africa Calling concert in Cornwall.
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Genres:
African, International
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Live Photos of Kanda Bongo Man
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concerts and tour dates
Past
NOV
16
2023
London, United Kingdom
100 Club
I Was There
MAY
30
2023
London, United Kingdom
Amazing Grace London
I Was There
JAN
15
2023
Manchester, United Kingdom
Band on the Wall
I Was There
DEC
31
2022
South West London, United Kingdom
Nells
I Was There
FEB
26
2022
London, United Kingdom
The Jazz Cafe
I Was There
DEC
11
2021
Constantine, United Kingdom
Falmouth The Tolmen Centre
I Was There
Show More Dates
About Kanda Bongo Man
Kanda Bongo Man (born 1955), from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a prominent soukous musician. He is most famous for the structural changes he implemented to soukous music. The previous approach was to sing several verses and have one guitar solo at the end of the song. Kanda Bongo Man revolutionized soukous by encouraging guitar solos after every verse and even sometimes at the beginning of the song. His form of soukous gave birth to the kwassa kwassa dance rhythm where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips.
Kanda Bongo Man still tours frequently in Europe and the United States. On July, 2005 he performed at the LIVE 8: Africa Calling concert in Cornwall.
Kanda Bongo Man still tours frequently in Europe and the United States. On July, 2005 he performed at the LIVE 8: Africa Calling concert in Cornwall.
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Genres:
African, International
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