Long shot, but as a congolese soukous fan with withdrawal symptoms.... can anyone suggest where I should search to try and find some (live?) congolese music in the Zurich area?

There is no soukous in Canton Congo.

But...yesterday Lisanga played at some "Caritas"-Festival in Lucerne. Seems that the band is Lucerne based.

Chiga-Chiga are based in Switzerland but there are no concerts announced so far. http://www.chigachiga.org/

Many thanks, Prof!!

Alex

Can't help you with Congolese music but how about something from Mali? Mix in some Yodeling and Trachten and it sounds like good fun.

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