Band of brothers
By: Nicki Escudero
Description: KONGOS sound spans continents
The members of progressive rock band KONGOS have music in their blood–the four brothers’ dad is John Kongos, a singer-songwriter who had hits in both South Africa and all over Europe in the 1960s and 70s.
Now that his kids call Arizona home, KONGOS [...]

KONGOS
Band of Brothers
Kim Milbrandt
“Our music is better than it sounds.” Not only does this band have the incredible sound to back this claim up but they also have a great sense of humor stemmed from true humble musicianship. The band Kongos is comprised of four brothers, Dylan (lead vocals/guitar), Danny (guitar/locals), Jesse (drummer), and Johnny [...]

From Music-Critic.com
Kongos
Pop
label: No label
released: 01.16.07
our score: 4 out of 5.0
Rockin
by: Tim Wardyn
Talk about a cultured band of brothers. John J, Jesse, Dylan and Daniel Kongos, of the band Kongos (ironic, huh?) grew up in London, South Africa and now live, write and record in Phoenix, Arizona. Not only that, but John J and Jesse played [...]

w/ Skybombers and Raine Maida:

We’ve remixed three of the songs on the Album:
In The Music
Nothing
The Way
Please call your local radio stations and request KONGOS. The song Curious has been getting regular spins on these stations:
Indie 103.1 FM in Los Angeles, California
• Request online
• Request line: 877.900.1031
Motor FM in Germany
• http://www.motorfm.de/
KNRK in Portland, Oregon
• Email Gustav
• Request line: 800.777.0947
102.7 WEQX [...]

KONGOS Album Art:

Photos by Barry King (barryking.com):

Review from British music site The-Mag.co.uk

This is certainly a family album. Not only does every member of the band bear the last name Kongos, but all production and engineering credits go to them as well. This band have built a burgeoning reputation recently and it’s easy to see why here. The album bristles with intelligently [...]

KONGOS named Best Rock Band of Phoenix by the New Times for 2007. Clips from the show with Sugarcult at Club Red in Tempe.

KONGOS was one of four Phoenix rock bands chosen by the New Times to play in the Summer Of Sound concert series, opening for national act, Sugarcult, with the audience favorite to be named “Best Rock Band of Phoenix.”
KONGOS won with 41% of the vote! As a result we’ll get a write-up in the annual [...]