Yondo Sister deserves credit for being the one Congolese artist to have made back-to-back tours of the USA with her band over the past year. Her consecutive shows at New York's SOBs have been well received and the music excellent as her touring group has been comprised of top session musicians from the Congolese music scene in Paris. Yondo's energetic dancing moves have found a fond following here in the USA, and her many recent album releases have become more and more sophisticated in their musical approach AfricaSounds was on hand at Yondo's recent concert at SOBs Nightclub in New York in order to present the following photo odyssey of her concert. The Yondo Sister concert was promoted by Alex Boicel of Africa Mondo Productions. The show, which took place on Friday, February 15, was opened by the Nigerian Afro-beat Act Kofo and his Brooklyn based band, The Daylight Stars. Kofo, being a master of the talking drum, launched into a highly percussive set of songs fresh off his debut release, which is finally widely available at the major New York music stores and reportedly at Amazon.com as well. Despite some minor mixing board issues, Kofo and his band showed that they are once again ready to lead some excellent outdoor African music events in Manhattan and elsewhere this coming summer. Yondo Sister, Congolaise, est réputée pour être "la reine de la soukous", la "Tina Turner" de la musique et de la danse la plus populaire en Afrique. Le terme soukous est dérivé du verbe français "secouer" et cette musique combine des sons empruntés à la Salsa, au Soca et au Zouk. De toutes les musiques africaines, la Soukous est celle qui a eu la plus grande influence sur la musique occidentale, en inspirant de nombreux genres de musiques du monde et en embrasant les pistes de danse du monde entier. Yondo Sister est devenue la chanteuse principale des Soukous Stars plusieurs années avant de s'embarquer dans une carrière solo.

• published: 18 Apr 2013
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