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Bonga Kwenda, better known as Bonga, is a singer and songwriter from Angola. Born in 1943 in the province of Bengo, and left Angola at age 23 to become an athlete, becoming the Angolan record holder for the 400 metre dash. He had already begun his singing career at age 15.
Bonga abandoned athletics in 1972, concentrating solely on his music. He has released over 30 albums, singing in Portuguese and traditional Angolan languages. His tracks are a mixture of Portuguese-language folk songs, semba, kizomba and latin elements.
While Angola was still a Portuguese colony, Bonga was an outspoken supporter...
Bernard Paganotti started off by playing the guitar when he was 13, then switched to the bass.
He created the group Cruciférius Lobonz, with Christian Vander, which later became Cruciferius, and went to play with the group in Japan.
He then joined Magma, Christian Vander’s group, for three intense years (1974/1977).
He started doing a considerable amount of work as a studio musician/arranger/producer whilst continuing to work on more personal productions
- Weidorje with first album in 1979
- PAGA, album as leader (1984)
- PAGA group (B.Paganotti/B.Lajudie/Claude Salmieri/F.Laizeau/K.Blasquiz/E.Seva/Antoine Paganotti) followed by the release of two albums: “Haunted” in 1988...
From Montréal, Bernard Adamus was noticed by his presence at the Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée in 2009 where he won 6 awards.
His atypical group, mixing Delta blues and the "Main" also includes Benoit Paradis with the trombone, Éric Villeneuve at the drums, Taï Nguyen with the banjo and guitar. They are sometimes joined by Sylvain Delisle with the contra-bass.
Bernard Adamus is inspired by old American blues, Montréal daily life, gospel music, love, country music and Quebecer lyricism.
Launched Mai 4th, 2009 at Cheval Blanc in Montréal his first album, Brun, is well received.
In 2010, he participated...
Keyboardist Bernard Wright seemed like a coming fusion and urban star when he toured with Lenny White at 13 and played with Tom Browne in 1979. He got such strong response that he was signed to GRP in 1981. But the LP 'Nard stalled, though there was good reaction among R&B and fusion fans to the single "Just Chillin' Out." It was followed by Funky Beat for Arista and Mr. Wright for Manhattan/EMI. Wright also co-wrote and sang with La La on "We'll Keep Strivin." He has recorded with Cameo, Bobby Brown, Pieces of a Dream, and Charles Earland, among...
