Banaya Papa Wendo (2007)

"n July 2004, the Festival au Carré organised for Wendo Kolosoy to fly into Europe and record this CD. Born in 1925 in the northeast of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Wendo was initially a mechanic on the riverboats that ply the River Congo. He became the definitive crooner on African stages and singer-songwriter of hits that marked the history of African music. He was the precursor or inventor of the Congolese rumba. What is important is the music we offer you here: the last recording of a voice polished by life, by the years. A voice that is rough, wild and funny, that bears its own story and passes on the pain, madness and lust for life and singing that is Wendo Kolosoy." (Womex)