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Arizona Foothills Magazine Interview

Arizona Foothills Magazine Interview

Local Legends: Kongos by AMANDA SAVAGE – Read original article here 1. Obviously music is your a major part of your life now, but was it always that way? When did you each discover that music was something you loved and wanted to pursue in [...]

Come With Me Now used during Bowl Championship Series on ESPN

ESPN is using Come With Me Now for promo of the upcoming Bowl Championship Series game between Alabama State and Notre Dame. So far the song has aired during the Rose Bowl (Wisconsin Badgers vs Stanford Cardinal) and the Orange Bowl  (Florida State Seminoles vs [...]

Rolling Stone South Africa – Q&A: KONGOS on playing stadiums

Rolling Stone South Africa – Q&A: KONGOS on playing stadiums

POSTED: FRIDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2012 11:50 | By STUART BUCHANAN – Read article on the Rolling Stone website “These are the biggest concerts we’ve ever played – 50 000 people in Cape Town, 64 000 in Joburg” It’s the day before Linkin Park play their very first show [...]

Kongos talk South African fame, ‘Lunatic’

Kongos talk South African fame, ‘Lunatic’

By Ed Masley Click to read the original article. The Republic | azcentral.com – Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:35 AM Johnny Kongos and his brothers were in South Africa, having rocked a crowd of nearly 40,000 the previous night at the first of two Linkin [...]

Do you want to be in the “It’s a Good Life” music video?

Do you want to be in the “It’s a Good Life” music video?

We want YOU to be in our music video for It’s a Good Life! You can send in clips of you singing the song, living the good life or whatever it inspires in YOU. We’ll choose the best bits and use them in the official [...]

Warning – KONGOS fever headed for Oppikoppi (MK Interview)

Warning – KONGOS fever headed for Oppikoppi (MK Interview)

KONGOS fever headed for Oppikoppi (MK Interview) By Sune Lotter for MK. Read the original article here. For the Oppikoppi children, today is a very special day. Today the numbers coincide…and the planets are probably all in line – everything in the world is as it [...]

Phoenix New Times – Crescent Ballroom Show Review

Phoenix New Times – Crescent Ballroom Show Review

Kongos Crescent Ballroom Friday, July 20, 2012 By Anthony Sandoval Sat., Jul. 21 2012 at 10:00 AM See also: Kongos Are Huge in South Africa — Is Phoenix Next? See also: Kongos on the Cutting Room Floor See also: Take Cover: The Rolling Blackouts Cover the Kongos So it looks [...]

Kongos Are Huge in South Africa — Is Phoenix Next?

Kongos Are Huge in South Africa — Is Phoenix Next?

Kongos Are Huge in South Africa — Is Phoenix Next? By Serene Dominic Thursday, Jul 19 2012 Read the original article here. Don’t worry, Arizona hipsters: There still is time to get behind Kongos.  I know how you fickle fans operate. You drop a band and put [...]

KONGOS Are Lunatics And Their New Album Is Insane

KONGOS Are Lunatics And Their New Album Is Insane

by Mitchell Hillman for Echo Cloud Productions Read the original article here. Ready To Take On Another Nation Arguably, the four brothers known as Kongos are currently the most successful local artists on the scene. Not through their success in the States, though here in [...]

The Music Court: Kongos To Storm U.S. Charts with Release

The Music Court: Kongos To Storm U.S. Charts with Release

Originally published on The Music Court – read the original article By Matthew Coleman Let this be a propitious post, because I am about to make a claim. It is difficult to predict what will stick with listeners and what will not. Today, though, I present [...]

Kongos Returns from South African Tour to Debut Disc Before Phoenix Fans

Kongos Returns from South African Tour to Debut Disc Before Phoenix Fans

Kongos Returns from South African Tour to Debut Disc Before Phoenix Fans By Ana Anguiano • College Times Read the original article here. Published: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Kongos is the biggest local band you’ve never heard of. They topRolling Stone charts, dominate radio airways, sell out shows and [...]

Sun on The Sand Review

Sun on The Sand Review

Kongos – Lunatic by Jeremy Schaefer for Sun On the Sand Read the original article. Kongos – Lunatic Tokoloshe Records July 14th, 2012 Score: 7.0 Kongos are not just another band made up of a famous songsmith’s progeny. These four sons of John Kongos, who spent the 60s climbing the [...]