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Pulling from the hypnotic, reverb-drenched, tremolo-ed electric guitar heavy music from the 1960s' Congo, Boma Bango reimagines it as if it came out of a humid outdoor bar in Southwest Louisiana. Inspired by 1950s and 1960s Congolese Rumba, music originally influenced by Cuban records from the 1930s and 40s and infused with melodies and instruments from Central Africa, Boma Bango reinvents these old songs and writes new ones in Louisiana French, just as the Congolese wrote songs in Lingala. The band was started in 2018 by musical compatriots Daniel Coolik (electric guitar/ electric mandolin), Trey Boudreaux (bass), Megan Constantin (vocals/ percussion), Bill Smith (congas/marimba), and Glenn Fields (drums/ percussion)- and is sometimes joined by Aurora Nealand (saxophones).
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