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Ricardo Lemvo grew up in Africa during the Cold War years of 1950s and ‘60s, a period when Cuban influence trickled into all aspects of culture. He learned to sing in Congolese, Spanish and Cuban and ...

At age 10, Ricardo Lemvo was hooked on the blazing horn arrangements, conga drums and up-tempo sound of Johnny Pacheco and the Orchestra Aragon. It was 1967 in Kinshasa, Congo, and the intoxicating ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Congo-born musician and singer, Ricardo Lemvo, arrives with his band, Makina Loca, ...

Ricardo Lemvo was born and raised in Congo, but his musical influences stretch across continents. It's a distinctive sound that draws from the guitar-laced rumba of his native Congo and the ...

Ricardo Lemvo’s life story makes for a dramatic tale–one of exile, journeys across continents and career changes, a story that can be told in broad, colorful strokes–but ultimately it comes down to ...

The San Jose Woman’s Club has hosted countless ensembles since opening its historic 11th Street building in 1929, but it’s safe to say the club’s glorious Landmark Ballroom has never heard anything ...

The 25th Annual Summer Series of live music, dinners, cocktails, picnics, dancing, a Kid Zone, and fun presents it’s 4th summer concert on Saturday July 29th with Afro-Cuban beats from RICARDO LEMVO & ...

Ask a musician why they’ve settled on the West Coast, and you’re likely to hear about the liberation that comes from escaping social hierarchies and stylistic pigeonholes. In a region ripe with ...

Like many a Congolese singer before him, Ricardo Lemvo was forever touched by the warmth of Cuban music. Records from Cuba’s golden era were extremely popular in West Africa following the end of World ...

One of the few Africans to stamp his mark on the global salsa market, Ricardo Lemvo and his Makina Loca band offer a lush tropical offering with their new album. La Rumba Soy Yo was a three-year ...