Jazz Articles about Juanita Euka

About Juanita Euka

Album Review

London Afrobeat Collective: Esengo

by Chris May
February 17, 2024

Back in the day, when Fela Kuti invented Afrobeat--and yes, unlike practically every other music to emerge in the 20th century, Afrobeat was indeed the creation of one person--the music served two functions: to champion the rights and aspirations of post-colonial Black Africans, particularly those at the bottom of the pyramid, and to provide a soundtrack enabling any and everyone to have a good time. It is now 27 years since Kuti passed and any Afrobeat worthy ...

Album Review

Juanita Euka: Mabanzo

Read "Mabanzo" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid
May 3, 2022

Juanita Euka is a Congolese vocalist, raised in Buenos Aires, who has recently immersed herself in London's vibrant world music scene. Euka's influences range from soukous, son, and soul to hip hop and jazz. She has fronted top UK Afro-Latin bands, London Afrobeat Collective, Animanz, and Wara, and is also the niece of Congolese rumba legend Franco Luambo. Moving to the UK when she turned fourteen, she joined the Afro-Peruvian band Malambo and immersed herself in London's music scene. After ...