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Kinshasa, DRCongo, 2005: Benda Bilili, poor paraplegic street musicians, get noticed by a French film team. Studio recordings get their music out on album and 2009, they have concerts in Europe.

In the urban jungle of Kinshasa, amid social and political chaos, an eclectic and bubbling street art scene is emerging.

Get on board the Africa Express train for a one-week railroad tour around UK with musical legends such as Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), Paul McCartney, Rokia Traoré, John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Amadou Bagayoko (Amdaou & Mariam), Peter Hook, Baaba Maal, Carl Barât, Bassekou Kouyaté, Tony Allen, Jupiter Bokondji and many others .

The ghettos of Kinshasa - the devastated capital of a country politically and economically adrift - are filled with many gifted; yet impoverished musicians.