Staff Benda Bilili at Symphony Space

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Staff Benda Bilili

(Past) Thu, Oct 18 at 8 pm
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space
$35; World Music Institute Member $30; Student $20

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World Music Institute

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Congolese rumba-funk warriors with a story as uplifting as their music! A group of homeless and paraplegic street musicians who live on the grounds of the Kinshasa zoo and ride around in jazzed-up, customized tricycles are made famous by French film-makers - and now have two albums, a documentary and international tours under their belt. With rumba-rooted grooves, vibrant vocals and killer solos on a homemade one-sting tin-can lute (sotange), "this crack outfit would tear the roof off anywhere." - The Independent

NY debut.

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