Staff Benda Bilili are a group of Congolese street musicians. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm'n'blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who all disabled (they suffered from poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm section consisting of ex-sheges...
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Staff Benda Bilili has had 45 concerts.
Staff Benda Bilili is most often considered to be World, Afropop, World Music, African, Mande Pop, Desert Blues, and Congo.
The last Staff Benda Bilili concert was on December 06, 2014 at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: Staff Benda Bilili / Dylan Tighe.
The songs that Staff Benda Bilili performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the August 05, 2011 concert in Brest, Brittany, France:
