Zairean guitar legend Diblo Dibala and his group, Matchatcha, jammed into the wee hours Saturday night at the Equator Club in a partying, dance-music performance of soukous, a Central African pop ...

Few musicians are as synonymous with their genre as guitarist Diblo Dibala is with soukous, the rippling, heavily melodic Congolese rumba. The late bandleader Franco, one of Dibala’s early bosses, ...

NEW YORK — A corner apartment in Harlem: air conditioning on high against the blazing heat outside, African art objects and concert posters on the walls, incense wafting through the living room. This ...

168 168 people viewed this event. Late night concert as part of the Habari Africa Festival featuring the soukous music guitarist. 10:30 pm-2 am. $15. In the Brigantine Room.

Notes cascade like quicksilver from the fingers of Diblo Dibala, a/k/a “Machine Gun,” who revved up the Congo’s soukous guitar style into high gear with his former band, Loketo, and later with ...

African guitar god Diblo Dibala makes a rare appearance at SOB’s in NYC tonight (12/23). Tickets are still available. Get ready to dance. Learn some moves in the videos below… Filed under: ...

Cabot, VT’s Manifestivus will celebrate its 10th anniversary this summer. Curated and headlined by Toubab Krewe, this year’s Manifestivus will take place on August 17 and 18, featuring an ...

Easily globalFEST 2011's hottest guitar player, Congolese musician Diblo Dibala has kept audiences all over the world dancing since his early teens. Growing from his early work in soukous, a type of ...