Guardian Music — My Little Cheap Dictaphone bravely go where perhaps only David Bowie has gone before, in creating an entire album about a fellow performerEven if you've not heard of Belgian group My Little Cheap Dictaphone (and let's face it, etc), it's still highly... more info

Guardian Music — Nigeria is beset by poverty, corruption and violence – but a poll says it is the world's most optimistic nationThe arrivals hall at Murtala Mohammed international airport in Lagos has the kind of humidity that feels like a warm towel. The minute yo... more info

ContactMusic — JAY-Z's Broadway musical FELA!, about famed musician and activist FELA KUTI, is heading to the late star's native Nigeria.The Tony Award-winning show, which is currently starring Patti LaBelle in the role of Fela's mother, closed on Broadway on Sunda... more info

Abeano — Who? Zoo Kid, aka Archie Marshall, is a teenage Londoner. His songs so far – Spring’s ‘Baby Blue’, ‘Ocean Bed’ plus most recent single ‘Out Getting Ribs’, – have ranged from reverbed oldies (think Spectrals) to fresh takes... more info

Guardian Music — Ian Sansom on a clan described as the Kennedys of NigeriaIn 1925, the Reverend Canon Josiah J Ransome-Kuti, a Nigerian Anglican priest and composer of hymns, recorded a series of 78s, sung in Yoruba, for the pioneering Zonophone record label in Londo... more info

Guardian Music — The idea of making a playlist of songs about mistakes only came about because of a mistake, yet many of the song choices it provoked have been brilliant – strange, but beautiful and trueMistakes are wonderful things because they open up so many p... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Wyclef Jean has revealed his thought process behind a new six-song EP titled If I Were President: My Haitian Experience, which is being released on the heels of the controversial presidential election in the country. According to Wyc... more info

Guardian Music — by Aimee ShalanApparently the name of legendary Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, means "the one who emanates greatness, who carries death in his quiver and who cannot be killed by human entity". Tough to live up to, but remarkably he somehow ma... more info

Altsounds — Tony Award winning Broadway musical FELA! - a provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance, theatre and music, exploring the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti - will be filmed live at London's Natio... more info

Guardian Music — No governments are shaken by Snow Patrol; the FBI has no interest in Gary Barlow. Where are today's political popstars?Winter's come early and people are dreaming of escape. Those who fancy a shot of African warmth in these chilly times, but without ... more info