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Rhumba star Ferre Gola to headline Nairobi’s Dala Festival

Rhumba star Ferre Gola to headline Nairobi’s Dala Festival

He will be the main act during the Dala Festival to be held on December 12.

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Arrangements are being tuned up for a special show in Kenya by popular Congolese crooner Ferre Gola. He will be the main act during the Dala Festival to be held on December 12 at the ASK Arena (Nairobi Showground) in Nairobi.

The show will also feature popular Kenyan stars Johnny Junior and Prince Indah among other artists. Ferre is no new comer to the Kenyan music scene having previously toured Kenya for shows. The former member of the mercurial O Wenge Musica Maison Mere band (led by Werrason), is arguably one of the most popular ballad singers of the neo-generation Congolese rhumba style.

Ferre has in the recent past placed himself in the class of the most sought-after vocalists in Lingala music.

Both him and his equally exciting compatriot, Fally Ipupa, have in recent years been the front runners of the new generation rhumba style.

He was first recognised through his composition, Vita Imana off the blockbuster album by Wenge Musica titled Solola Bien.…

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Your subscription is almost coming to an end. Arrangements are being tuned up for a special show in Kenya by popular Congolese crooner Ferre Gola. The show will also feature popular Kenyan stars Johnny Junior and Prince Indah among other artists. Ferre is no new comer to the Kenyan music scene having previously toured Kenya for shows.

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