Lokassa and the Soukous Stars. That is what the name of the group would have been. It was a textbook; Franco and TP OK Jazz, Tabu Ley and Afrisa Internationale, Verckys and Veve, Aurlus Mabele and ...

For four hours (3 p.m. to 7 p.m.) the sounds of classic soukous and traditional Congolese music rang out to an enthusiastic crowd of Lokassa admirers. There were tributes to the man, and an ...

Born Denis Kasiya Lokassa in 1946, the rhythm guitarist, arranger and composer was one of the founders of Soukous Stars alongside fellow guitarists Ngouma Lokito (bass) and Dally Kimoko (lead ...

As Lokassa played for Four Stars and later Orchestra Soukous Stars, Mansiamina was always with Mode Success Orchestra, as the band leader. The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with ...

Lokassa, who recently turned 80, was the band leader of the popular Soukous Stars band, formerly based in Paris. Earlier, he had a stint with Tabu Ley Rochereau's Afrisa International and later ...

As Lokassa played for Four Stars and later Orchestra Soukous Stars, Mansiamina was always with Mode Success Orchestra, as the band leader.

Soukous, the infectious driving pop music from Zaire, reached an international audience in the 1980s when a community of self-exiled African musicians turned Paris into the Western capital of ...