Closeup: Learning Congolese Guitar

Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 3:06 p.m.

Congolese guitar is one of the pearls of African music. Intricate, joyful and seriously challenging, it\u2019s long been a passion of producer/guitarist Banning Eyre. Through an innovative new online learning website\u2014the World Music Method\u2014he met guitarist Niwel Tsumbu, a brilliant guitarist and teacher, who delves here into Congo guitar history. \n\nProduced by Banning Eyre.