The Congos

Top Songs By The Congos

Listen to Fisherman by The Congos, see lyrics, music video & more!

FishermanThe Congos

Listen to Ark of Covenant by The Congos, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ark of CovenantThe Congos

Listen to Picture on the Wall (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos) by Groundation, see lyrics, music video & more!

Picture on the Wall (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos)Groundation

Listen to Babylon Rule Dem (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos) by Groundation, see lyrics, music video & more!

Babylon Rule Dem (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos)Groundation

Listen to Noah Sugar Pan by The Congos, see lyrics, music video & more!

Noah Sugar PanThe Congos

Listen to Jah Jah Know (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos) by Groundation, see lyrics, music video & more!

Jah Jah Know (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos)Groundation

Listen to Silver Tongue Show (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos) by Groundation, see lyrics, music video & more!

Silver Tongue Show (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos)Groundation

Listen to Weeping Pirates (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos) by Groundation, see lyrics, music video & more!

Weeping Pirates (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos)Groundation

Listen to Congoman by The Congos, see lyrics, music video & more!

CongomanThe Congos

Listen to Hebron (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos) by Groundation, see lyrics, music video & more!

Hebron (feat. Don Carlos & The Congos)Groundation

Upcoming Concerts for The Congos

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The Congos currently has 14 upcoming concerts; the next one is scheduled for Friday, 10 October 2025 at L'Usine in Istres, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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Latest Release

SINGLEWarning (feat. Lidiop) - SingleThe Congos

More albums from The Congos

Listen to Foot Prints In the Sand by The Congos

ALBUMFoot Prints In the SandThe Congos

Listen to FRKWYS, Vol. 9 (Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras Meet the Congos) by Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras & The Congos

ALBUMFRKWYS, Vol. 9 (Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras Meet the Congos)Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras & The Congos

Listen to Back In The Black Ark by The Congos

ALBUMBack In The Black ArkThe Congos

ALBUMImage of AfricaThe Congos

ALBUMSwinging BridgeThe Congos

Listen to Give Them the Rights by The Congos

ALBUMGive Them the RightsThe Congos

Listen to Heart of the Congos (40th Anniversary Edition) by The Congos

ALBUMHeart of the Congos (40th Anniversary Edition)The Congos

Listen to Heart of the Congos by The Congos

ALBUMHeart of the CongosThe Congos

About The Congos

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Hometown

Kingston, Jamaica

Formed

1977

Genre

Reggae

Cedric Myton's unique falsetto in combination with the distinctive tenor of Roydel Johnson is "the heart of the Congos." Though the two made only one album together, it is among the greatest in reggae history. Gorgeous songs and inspired performances were magically layered by the hyper-inventive production skills of Lee Perry, and the result was the most completely successful of all the many great albums produced by the legendary "Scratch" at his Black Ark Studio. Myton went on to record with others as the Congos, and Johnson as Congo Ashanti Roy--notably with the U.K.-based On-U Sound collective.

Members of The Congos include, or have included, Devon Russell, Watty Burnett and Cedric "Congos" Mytton.