Soukous Stars

July 24, 2011 - 06:40 PM

Price: FREE

PARTERRE DU QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES - Loto-Québec stage

H2X 1Z6

Description of the concert:

The greatest names in soukous are back! Lokassa ya M'bongo, Ballou Canta, Dally Kimoko, Yondo Sister, Lucien Bokilo, brought back together specially for the festival. Revelations of the earliest editions of Nuits d'Afrique and well known at the Balattou that is has set alight on more than one occasion, Soukous Stars is known as the world’s best soukous group. A mixture of rumba, zouk and traditional Congolese beats, soukous (meaning “jolt” – this says it all!) is the symbol of modern African music. Atmosphere guaranteed!

Soukous Stars (RD Congo)

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Biography of the artist:

The year: 1990. The place: Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). Lokassa Ya Mbongo, Ballou Canta and Shimita El Diego decided to form the group Soukous Stars as an extension of their group, Les quatre étoiles, from the 1980s. To boost their group, they called upon confirmed artists such as Zitany Neil, Ngouma Lokito and Denise Yondo Kusala.From the start, they settled in Paris and ...