Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique

With its dance-inspiring fusion of lively marrabenta, Fena and Xingombela rhythms, Congolese guitar melodies, and the soulful vocals of female singer Mingas and male singer Wazimbo, Orchestra Marrabenta Star De Mocambique was one of Mozambique's most exciting bands in the 1980s and early-'90s. Formed in 1979, Orchestra Marrabenta Star De Mocambique served as the house band for Mozambique's national radio station. The group's style of marrabenta, Mozambique's urban dance music, featured two lead guitars set to the harmonic strains of a keyboard, a rhythm section that included b...