This is slowly turning into an Original music week. Today we’ll hear something from The Sound of Kinshasa - Guitar Classics from Zaire, and there’s plenty more to come.

While there’s lots to love on The Sound of Kinshasa, the track I’ll post today is especially remarkable. Gentle, dreamy… and almost Hawaiian.

Speaking of Hawaiian shirts, a Benn loxo reader told me in an e-mail last week that he was going to see the Jimmy Buffett show at the New Morning last week. Turns out he was joking, but my first reaction was, “Amazing.” I have hilarious memories of uncles in Hawaiian shirts, margaritas in tow, singing Come Monday to frightened nieces and nephews.

I was going to post some Jimmy Buffett as a joke, but it’s so crap that even the humour is eclipsed. I’ll leave you all to your own resources to give such classics as Cheeseburger Paradise a listen.

Anyway, I know nothing about Ngwalau Michel but the Orchestra African Fiesta is quite well known. At various stages they included many Zairean guitar greats such as Docteur Nico, Tabu Lay Rochereau and others. You might have heard them here before, and their album jackets remain classics of the genre.

Thanks, as always, to Andrew and the many other Benn loxo listeners who have come through with these Original Music releases and much more. Your e-mails, trades and gifts are always much appreciated.

Ngwalau Michel with Orchestre African Fiesta - Limbisa ngai