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The 1969 Concert That Changed Fela Kuti’s Life

29 days ago
JamBaseRevisit Fela Kuti's chance encounter with Sandra Izsadore in Los Angeles in 1969 that forever changed the life of the pioneering Afrobeat musician. more info

Cream Drummer Ginger Baker Has Died at 80 Years Old

1636 days ago
MetalsucksBaker also played with Hawkwind, Fela Kuti, Josh Homme and others throughout his career. The post Cream Drummer Ginger Baker Has Died at 80 Years Old appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Fela Kuti :: Unknown Soldier (Pt. 1 & 2)

1809 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardMusic is the weapon. The past ten or so years have witnessed a western appreciation of Fela Kuti that would have seemed implausible just a decade prior. From the Broadway success of the Fela! musical, to the ongoing celebrity-endorsed reissue series,... more info

The Good, The Bad & The Queen’s Reunion Album Is Out Next Month

1988 days ago
StereogumThe Good, The Bad & The Queen, the supergroup of Damon Albarn, the Clash's Paul Simonon, the Verve's Simon Tong, and Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, released their lone self-titled album in 2007. But Albarn has been planning on reviving the project for... more info

Fela Kuti’s son: “The spirit of Olufela Anikulapo Kuti isn’t anywhere near Kanye West”

1990 days ago
Consequence of Sound'Ye recently said "the spirit of Fela" flowed through him. more info

Ugly Beauty: The Month In Jazz – August 2018

2044 days ago
StereogumI saw Fela Kuti live. It was late in his career, in the summer of 1990 (he died in 1997), and he had long since swapped out the band that made his best-known albums in the 1970s, but it was still an amazing show. He had what seemed like an army of da... more info

Readers recommend playlist: songs about bread and baking

2080 days ago
Guardian MusicFela Kuti, Half Man Half Biscuit, Sonic Youth and Kevin Ayers provide some freshly baked tunes for this week’s playlistHere is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from hundreds of your suggestions last week. Thanks fo... more info

rewatch Beyonce's powerful Coachella performance with Destiny's Child, Jay-Z and Solange

2175 days ago
Brooklyn VeganAs you may have expected, it was not only an out-of-this-world musical performance, but a political statement in celebration of black excellence. Her truly epic set included quotations of Malcolm X, Nina Simone, the Black National Anthem, Fela Kuti, ... more info

Holger Czukay :: Cinema (A Retrospective)

2192 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardHolger Czukay was a genius of rhythm of the highest possible order, on par with Fela Kuti, James Brown, Steve Reich, and pretty much anyone else to ever braid together a few pulses. The founding member of Can has long been celebrated for his bass pla... more info

Angélique Kidjo Shares First Track From Her Talking Heads Covers Album Feat. Ezra Koenig, Blood Orange, & More

2199 days ago
StereogumAngélique Kidjo covered Talking Heads' 1980 album Remain In Light in full. She tapped Ezra Koenig, Blood Orange, Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, bassist Pino Palladino, and more to work on the LP. It's due out this summer, and in an interview with Ro... more info

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