Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn traveled to Mali with a melodica, a DAT recorder, and 2 sound engineers as part of a project for Oxfam. His mission was simple: to go to “the middle of nowhere” and ...

Damon Albarn next recording project is a little more unconventional, even by Gorillaz standards. The singer/songwriter/producer is releasing “Kinshasa One Two,” a set recorded in the Democratic ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) owes much of its global renown to its music, reflecting its cultural diversity. The DR Congolese music scene is incredibly diverse and dynamic, encompassing ...

Oxfam has unveiled full details of the Kinshasa One Two charity album by DRC Music. The record from the collective of producers assembled by Blur's Damon Albarn will be released digitally via Warp ...

Recently, Damon Albarn traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo with a group of musicians that took the name DRC Music and included producers like Richard Russell, Dan The Automator, Actress, and ...

Damon Albarn has been travelling again. It’s not been the first time for the Blur- and Gorillaz main man to go to Africa – as a co-owner of record label Honest Jon’s he has dug through local archives ...

For Lingala music lovers the place to be on New Year’s Eve was Club Afrique where Wenge Musica 4x4, Adolphe Dominguez, thrilled revellers with some of their best songs. Congolese musician Adolphe ...

Dick Gordon interviews Petna Ndaliko Katondolo and Chérie Rivers Ndaliko about the UNC Beat Making Lab and Yole!Africa for the Visualing Human Rights conference at the UNC Center for Global ...