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Niwel Tsumbu

Congolese Guitarist and Vocalist based in Ireland. Since arriving in Ireland in 2004 from the Congo, Niwel Tsumbu has developed an enviable reputation as a masterfully elegant and fluent guitarist, vocalist, musician, collaborator and composer. He has performed with the finest Irish and international musicians while continuing to craft his own distinctive fusion of new jazz, rhumba, world, flamenco, rock, soukous and classical. The list of artists that Tsumbu has performed with continues to grow with each year. He has recorded with many other artists both in Ireland and further afield. He continues to collaborate with leading DJ Donal Dineen on his Parish live act, the Crash Ensemble, composer Roger Doyle, Eamon Cagney’s Treelan ensemble, Dave Flynn’s DFF, Camilla Griehsel's Mamasongue and many more.