Big Latin vibes thanks to Congolese Salsa band Grupo Lokito, plus world beats from DJ Joplin Parnell!

♬ Grupo Lokito ♬

Grupo Lokito was formed in 2006 ago by Latin piano player Sara McGuinness and Congolese singer Jose Hendrix Ndelo They play an exciting blend of Congolese music and Salsa.

The band’s live show is an exuberant display of the sheer joy the music brings. The singers shift effortlessly between melodious Rumba and lively Salsa before the band slips seamlessly into “Sebene” with soaring guitars and wild choreographed dance moves. With the quality of its musicianship and its powerful live shows, the band has been making waves both here in London and in Kinshasa and are not to be missed.

http://www.grupookito.co.uk/

♬ DJ Joplin Parnell ♬

Joplin Parnell spins a motley mix of rhythm & blues grooves and rollocking baselines… Brass band sounds and swampy soul from the deep south combined with hot swing rhythms, psychedelic Afrobeat, boogaloo and music from all four corners of the world, anything and everything so long as it’s got that funk to make you move your junk!

Free before 8pm, £5 after

The venue is open from 10:30am, serving food from 12-10pm. Happy Hour is 5-7pm!

https://www.facebook.com/events/501140033570626

Twitter/Instagram: @magic_pub
231 Battersea Park Road, SW11 4LG
www.magicgardenpub.com

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #531 – Seven Wisdoms Of Groove

This week Radio Mukambo brings you two albums that came out before the summer but that somehow haven’t made it to the “album of the week”. So here they are: Seven Wisdoms Of Plutonia by Alpacas Collective, Afro-groovers from Leuven, Belgium, and La Ñapa by The Bongo Hop, Afro-Caribbean collective from Lyon,…

Artists: Alpacas Collective , Azuka Moweta and his Anioma Brothers , Colombiafrica , Conjunto Media Luna , Grupo Lokito , Gyedu-Blay Ambolley , Louis Towers , Muyiwa Kunnuji , Osemako , Piper Street Sound , Romperayo , The Bongo Hop