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Asa: Beautiful Imperfection - review

4786 days ago
Guardian Music — (Dramatico)Paris-based Nigerian vocalist Bukola "Asa" Elemide is adept at weaving varicoloured musical tapestries: her second album mixes soul, reggae, lyrics in English and Yoruba – and a cover photo by fashionable Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Mondino,... more info
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Seun Anikulapo Kuti and Egypt 80: From Africa With Fury: Rise – review

4786 days ago
Guardian Music — (Because)Seun Kuti has always had two problems. He has had to battle against continual comparisons with his legendary father Fela (hardly surprising, since he based his early career on a stage performance in which he looked and sounded like his late... more info
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Seun Kuti & Egypt 80: From Africa With Fury: Rise – review

4791 days ago
Guardian Music — (Because)Youngest son of Afrobeat firebrand Fela, Seun Kuti has succeeded where most celebrity offspring fail, succesfully updating his father's musical legacy. It helps he inherited a brilliant band, Egypt 80, but Seun has added his own generational... more info
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Readers recommend: Songs about the police - the results

4794 days ago
Guardian Music — From KRS-One's Sound Of Da Police to Supergrass's Caught By the Fuzz - via songs by Fela Kuti, Blind Blake and the Equals - you lot found last week's topic rather arresting'Ello, ello, ello! What's going on 'ere, then? Been nominating ditties about y... more info
Supergrass Fela Kuti KRS-One Eddy Grant Drive-By Truckers Shaun Ryder

33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs by Dorian Lynskey – review

4798 days ago
Guardian Music — This ambitious history of protest songs suggests their best days are over. They can, of course, be recycled…Among the challengers hoping to keep the X Factor winner Matt Cardle from topping the charts last Christmas were a new recording of John Cag... more info
Matt Cardle Rage Against the Machine Green Day Bob Dylan Nina Simone James Brown Gil Scott-Heron Stevie Wonder Billy Bragg R.E.M. Public Enemy Fela Kuti Lee "Scratch" Perry

Fela Kuti musical moves to Nigeria

4814 days ago
Guardian Music — Award-winning stage musical on the 'father of afrobeat' heads to Lagos, a move welcomed by his eldest daughter, YeniPretentious it isn't. Beneath the giant corrugated iron roof is a shabby stage, a sprawl of picnic tables and market stalls, and young... more info
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Beyonce Knowles - Beyonce Causes Controversy With Black Face For Photo-shoot

4822 days ago
ContactMusic — BEYONCE has caused controversy by darkening her face for a photo-shoot paying tribute to the African musician FELA KUTI.BEYONCE, the acclaimed American singer, has caused controversy after she posed for a recent photo-shoot with a darkened face, repo... more info
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Swizz Beatz And DJ Runna – Swizz Beatz vs. Fela Kuti Part 1

4845 days ago
The Hip Hop Chronicle — For this week’s edition of Monster Mondays, Swizz decides to changes things up. Hooking up with DJ Runna, Swizz releases a 9 track mashup with Fela Kuti.   Download link and Tracklist after the jump. Swizz Beatz And DJ Runna – Swizz Beatz vs. Fe... more info
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New band of the day – No 956: Young Buffalo

4849 days ago
Guardian Music — This Mississippi trio might look like low-expectation slackers, but their music offers glimpses of a band with ambitionHometown: Oxford, Mississippi.The lineup: Jim Barrett, Ben Yarbrough and Alex Von Hardberger.The background: Young Buffalo come fro... more info
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FELA KUTI VINYL BOX SET 1 OUT FEBRUARY 1

4861 days ago
Altsounds — Knitting Factory Records is proud to release the first of the long-awaited vinyl reissues from the Fela Kuti catalog. This is the first in a series of curated vinyl box sets. The box includes six Fela Kuti albums that were handpicked by ?uestlo... more info
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