Homeward Bound: Alec Lomami on the Congolese Music Renaissance and His Personal Style
(photo credits: Shako Oteka) It was summer ’09 in humid New Orleans and Alec Lomami just wanted to give a recently recorded song a test drive. Literally. As part of his quality control check for new tracks, he would drive around with the song blasting from his speakers. Minutes into the drive, he was pulled over. “The policeman said I hadn’t paid a ticket, which I argued I had,” he explained. [...]