Mbongwana Star live in concert.
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Mbongwana Star

5
critic concert reviews
experimental

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

78
%
Based on 
5
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 5 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Mbongwana Star is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths.

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Latest Release

From Kinshasa (18 May 2015)

Artist Info

Genre
experimental
Origin
Bio
Mbongwana Star are a 7-piece band from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Formed from the ashes of Congolese tradi-modern stars Staff Benda Bilili, alongside Parisian producer and musician Liam Farrell, aka Doctor L.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

The Skinny (UK)

June 27, 2016
80
%
Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK on June 23, 2016

The Guardian (UK)

June 4, 2015
60
%
Six years ago they were rehearsing in Kinshasa zoo and had been living in squalid shelters for disabled people.

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

August 22, 2016
100
%
Stockholm, Sweden

London In Stereo (UK)

November 6, 2015
%
Oval Space on November 1, 2015

Rhythm Passport (UK)

November 1, 2015
%
This has undoubtedly been Mbongwana Stars’ year. The six-piece hail from Congo and is comprised of Liam Farrell, Ranay Kalambayi, Theo, R9, Coco and Sage. They’ve been going from strength to strength following the release of their debut album ‘From Kinshasa’, earlier this year. The crowd couldn’t miss this op

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Image Credit

New view from the very few [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons