Staff Benda Bilili

Mbongwana Star: breaking out of Kinshasa
Tim Jonze
18, Jun, 2015 @5:36 PM

Mbongwana Star: From Kinshasa review – thrillingly wrong-footing Congolese music | Alexis Petridis
Alexis Petridis
14, May, 2015 @2:00 PM

Staff Benda Bilili review – slicker and more attacking than ever
Back with a new lineup, this extraordinary Kinshasa band were on impressive form, writes Robin Denselow
Robin Denselow
22, Jul, 2014 @1:18 PM

Staff Benda Bilili: where did it all go so wrong?
The Congolese band went from sleeping rough on the streets of Kinshasa to global fame – then imploded. Andy Morgan tells a story of cultural misunderstanding that ended in bitter financial acrimony
Andy Morgan
15, Feb, 2013 @7:30 AM

BT River of Music, Africa and Americas stages – review
Robin Denselow
23, Jul, 2012 @5:03 PM

Staff Benda Bilili top the bill at pre-Olympics free festival
Robin Denselow
20, Jul, 2012 @2:38 PM
He is #1: Malawi Mouse Boys – review
Neil Spencer
19, May, 2012 @11:03 PM
Film Weekly podcast: Benda Bilili! and Adam Deacon
We meet the producers of a documentary about a band of Congolese buskers and the star and director of Anuvahood
Presented by Jason Solomons and produced by Lucy Greenwell
17, Mar, 2011 @3:14 PM

From street to screen: the story of Staff Benda Bilili
Robin Denselow
24, Feb, 2011 @10:00 PM

African music the actual African diaspora likes
What is Britain's African disapora listening to? Surprise: it's not what we call world music. Jane Cornwell finds out what gets the expats jumping
Jane Cornwell
09, Sep, 2010 @9:49 PM
Paul Morley's Showing Off: Staff Benda Bilili
A band whose history defies convention and whose music defies easy categorisation
Paul Morley
23, Jul, 2010 @5:04 PM

Paul Morley's Showing Off: World music
AR Rahman, Staff Benda Bilili, Céu, Nitin Sawhney - file under pop?
Paul Morley
23, Jul, 2010 @5:03 PM
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