From: Undiscovered Radio Network (an indie radio show that airs on a bunch of radio stations around the US).
Kongos – (self-titled)
2007 (no label)
Murphy’s pick: “The Way”
Kongos doesn’t look like rockers, and their music doesn’t quite sound like normal rock. Makes sense then! If you’re looking for something different than the standard, including the accordion in [...]

Get Out Magazine names ‘KONGOS’ one the top 10 local albums of 2007.
“Kongos,” Kongos. The long-awaited full-length disc from this band of Paradise Valley brothers (Jesse, Dylan, John J. and Daniel) didn’t disappoint, mixing artful prog-rock instrumentation with pop song structures. A single from the disc, “In the Music,” is rising up the charts in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Valley band Kongos is made up of four brothers, raised in England and South Africa, who blend a love of Beatle-esque pop, jazz, progressive rock and electronic music into their distinctive sound.Brandon Quester
Special to Get Out

Local spotlight: Kongos deftly blends influences for a complex, catchy CD
By Chris Hansen Orf, Get Out
May 10, 2007
Back in 2004, [...]

By Robert Silverstein for Twentieth Century Guitar
Speaking of glaring omissions from the Elektra box, 36 years ago, London-based John Kongos released one of that label’s most illustrious progressive pop imports. Entitled Kongos, that ‘71 John Kongos album on Elektra featured amazing production of Gus Dudgeon and excellent guitars by Caleb Quaye. Also simply titled Kongos, [...]

Write-up for Phoenix New Times Summer Of Sound concert:
Kongos
It took all of 22 seconds of the Kongos’ self-released EP to realize they were courting musical greatness — and it only took that long because eleven of those seconds were spent hunting the jewel case wondering, “Who are these guys?’ Four brothers hailing from London [...]

KONGOS – KONGOS

When a father with a prestigious musical past announces that his sons are forming a band, the percentage of success is usually smaller than it should be as the children struggle to do justice to their parents’ name. Happily, Kongos, the quartet of sons of 1970’s singer/songwriter John Kongos (he of ‘He’s Gonna [...]