“Congo Square” can be heard in a flatpicked, standard-tuning version on the “Down in Louisiana” CD and in an open-tuned slide rendition on the “South of I-10” CD. Congo Week and Congo in Harlem culminate in a virtual online concert to celebrate the successful culmination of Congo Week 2020. Like her two prior albums, Congo Square is a long, sprawling set of songs with plenty of room left for guests who share, never steal, the spotlight. Congo Square The Show. It will be a wonderful opportunity to showcase Congolese music in all its diversity. To visit this site, enter Armstrong Park at 801 N Rampart Street and once inside turn left, in front of the Municipal Auditorium.. Congo Square is one of the most hallowed sites in American music history. Congo Square peaked at #4 on the US R&B Albums chart and #20 on the Billboard 200. FAVORITE (0 fans) Sonny Landreth. Listen to Congo Square by Kuni Kids on Apple Music. If Congo Square was the musical heart of the city, then the Mississippi River was an artery that carried New Orleans’ music and musical innovation throughout the country. Congo Square is an open space within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter.The Tremé neighborhood is famous for its history ofAfrican American music. Released in the United States on June 9, 2009, it would be her only album for the revived Stax label and the final album released before her death in late December 2010. Stream songs including "I Came to Dance", "Lofundu" and more. Enslaved Africans began gathering in Congo Square in the 18th century to sing, dance and make music, and … The concert will feature several Congolese artists from around the world. Congo Square Sonny Landreth Buy This Song. While many musicians learned classical music, these same musicians were influenced by the rhythms and music they heard each Sunday coming from Congo Square. The song was written in the key of D minor, and the slide (and current stage) version of “Congo Square” uses a D minor tuning (D-A-D-F-A-D, low to high). Congo Square is the thirteenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Teena Marie. In Louisiana’s French and Spanish colonial era of the 18th century,slaves were commonly allowed Sundays off from their work. Congo Square 1817 is a media company that leverages the power of arts and entertainment to promote Civic Engagement, ... American Music, starting with Jazz, The Blues, then Gospel, and much of today’s popular music, is a result of the Sunday gatherings that happened in Congo Square. Sonny Landreth (born February 1, 1951) is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. Congo Square: Cradle of New Orleans' Music. Congo Square Sonny Landreth, Mel Melton, Dave Ranson might be superstition but some kind of somethin' goin' on down there it might be superstition but some kind of somethin' goin' on down there it's an old time tradition when they play their drums at night in Congo Square you can hear 'em in the distance and the old folks up the bayou say a prayer This area, once a grassy commons behind the original city rampart (now Rampart Street), was one of several gathering places for enslaved people from Africa and their descendants.