The Bongo Hop

In the artist’s words: Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail. I remember a concert of Touré Kunda, a legendary senegalese Mbalax/Reggae band, where my father took us when I was 9 years old in Bx. It was big, the whole senegalese community and the locals celebrating together, and this rhythm, the dancers... What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular? Bembeya Jazz National, Bembeya Jazz National Ti-Coca, Ti-Coca Verckys & L'Orchestre Vévé, Verckys & L'Orchestre Vévé: Congolose Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978 (Analog Africa No. 17) Impossible to choose 3 albums but well...Congo, Guinée Conakry and Haiti are represented. Maybe there's a Colombian record from El Brujo or Fruko missing here, plus a bunch of Jamaican, Guadeloupe and Panama stuff..and some soul, jazz, pop. Sorry ! Find a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. Tell us why you chose this song. “La Pata Coja (Radio Edit)” Je l'ai composé en rentrant d'un voyage en Dominique, je m'etais fait mal au genou et je boitais (pata coja)..J'en suis tres content, il me represente : mid tempo, mais dansant. Les paroles de Nidia sur la douleur d'une disparition sont magnifiques.