Kenyans love Bongo Flava. Our airwaves, TV music shows, local shops and even promotional roadshows play a good amount of Bongo music. And what’s not to love about these Tanzanian songs? The beats are ...

Together with American Songwriter and Sean Ulbs of The Eiffels, we had the pleasure of interviewing Bongo ByTheWay over Zoom video! Internationally acclaimed super-producer, songwriter, entertainer ...

But that’s probably akin to suggesting that the first Ramones album would have been better if they’d done a couple of ballads and added orchestra strings to “Chain Saw”. But having said that, I’ve ...

Let's take a moment to reflect on how it's even possible that Bongo Maffin are still around. The group was born in the mid-90s at the height of the "we're free" moment - a time when a slew of groups ...

The story of Espen Sorensen could be that of any child growing up in an African village. Born in Denmark in 1980, he moved with his parents who worked for an international development agency to a ...

For 75 years, Tico Records has produced Latin soul music of the highest order. A new compilation — Hit the Bongo! — celebrates Tico's anniversary. Spanish-language music is all over the pop charts ...

When a fresh-faced gap-toothed 18-year-old singer from Kinshasa called Kanda Bongo (later known as Kanda Bongo Man) arrived in France in 1979, there were few opportunities for musicians from Africa.

Cape Town - One of South Africa’s most prominent music producers and DJs right now is 27-year-old Yuvir Pillay, who we all know as Sketchy Bongo. I meet Sketchy (not wearing his iconic ski mask this ...