Congo Soukous is the perpetual-motion machine of African pop.
To American ears, South African pop sounds utterly blithe.
On the few albums of South African pop available in the United States, the music, despite its troubled origins, is full of life.
But programmers won't give much African pop a chance anyway, particularly if it's not in English, so most of those attempts at crossover are futile.
Later he becomes infected with the African pop she plays on the stereo, a far cry from his classical leanings.
In African pop even a flashy guitar sounds genial.
The concert began with Miriam Makeba, who has been the first lady of South African pop since her emergence in the late 1950's.
However, his 2001 international debut, Shamwari, established him as a rare guitarist able to span African traditional pop and jazz.
Even African pop has its video stars, and Yondo Sister is one of them.
Crossover Concerts goal was to book everything from African pop to speed metal.