Lokua Kanza with Banning Eyre (Afropop Wordwide)

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English - April 01, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 83.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist Lokua Kanza sat down with Banning Eyre (Afropop Worldwide, NPR) to share music and talk about his work as a UNICEF ambassador, developing his unique musical style mixing his conservatory training with Congolese rumba, and the process of recording his first album in 11 years entitled Moko, meaning “one” in Lingala, which involved 100 musicians and 20 recording studios across 12 countries on 5 continents.

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