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Anders Ekman and Farry Kai Kuture(who's no longer with the band) started the band in Stockholm around 85-86. The idea was to try to blend all kinds music styles. The founder the band were tired of the different attitudes that go along with the different music genres.Tehy just wanted to play music without the feeling of being attached to any particular style.To be able to do that they decided to gather around themselves with people with different backgrounds, musically but with the love for the "African music" particularly "soukous" as a common denominator. This idea has impregnated the music of Black Rhino in spite of new members leaving or joining the band.
During the years Black Rhino has been playing all over Sweden and in other Scandinavian countries. The band has performed at festivals such as the "Stockholm water festival" Umeå, Piteå, Falun Gävle,Malmö, Copenhagen festivals....different clubs such as the famous "Fasching Jazz club" in Stockholm, Swedish national radio , TV appearance as a back up band for A. Kristine Hedmark,a collaboration that resulted in an album...
With all the energy created on stage ,emanating from the blend of soukous, blues, funk, Black Rhino never fails to fill dancing floors where ever they perform.
Gaby
Kababa: used to play professionally in his country of origin the
D.R of Congo and then later on in Tanzania with the "Safari Sound"
before moving to Sweden. He is a singer, songwriter and guitar player
Anders
Ekman: studied music (jazz, blues, pop,afro), he is a song writer
and guitar player and as mentioned before one of the guys who started the
whole thin'.
Gunilla
Granqvist: graphic designer who's bathed in jazz and blues since
her younger age , singer.
Gerald
Naddibanga: from Uganda, professionally active as a drummer, singer
and dance teacher both in his country of birth and in Sweden.
André
Borgström: photographer (TV) who studied music in Sweden,
masters all styles of drumming.,funk, jazz,afro,and evrything else
Robert
Kashamura: a former student in socialanthropology (interrupted)
at the university of Stockholm, previously active in the D.R of Congo, singinging
and acting on an amateur level, voc. and bass..
Greger
Lindberg: a geologist who masters The alto, soprano and tenor sax
in disregard of styles.
Tony
Mendy:a percussionist from Senegal who can play with anybody whether
you're from Kinshasa, Madrid, Rio or New-York..He'll blow you away.
Sarah
Backström: a graduate from the "Royal academy of Music"
in Stockholm is comfortable in the companies of Mozart, Miles, or Makeba,
keyboardplayer.
