While flirting with the world-music sin of over-amalgamation, the latest offering from Bamboula 2000 follows the compass-like congas of Luther Gray, tracing a cohesive journey in fusion that shows ...
Bamboula 2000, formed in 1994, certainly lives up to its name in presenting rhythmic music with its roots in the past and taking it to the present. There are a lot of modern sounds on Up from Congo ...
I'd seen the band Bamboula 2000 on the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival schedule year after year but never was able to catch a show. So I made sure to check them out at the 400 Royal Community ...
Drummers play in Congo Square as percussionist Luther Gray schools an observer on the importance of the New Orleans landmark and how African music lives on in modern jazz and hip-hop. "Congo Square ...