Congolese pianist, guitarist and songwriter Ray Lema started out life with
aspirations to enter the priesthood. He began his schooling in a White Fathers
seminary who recognised and encouraged his obvious musical talent. The seminary
gave him a classical schooling in music until he left at the age of 18 to study
chemistry. At university he developed a more cosmopolitan taste in music
listening to artists such as Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. After completing his
education his love of music led him to becoming an ethnomusicologist, travelling
through his homeland recording the in...