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

2467 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

Basa Basa :: Homowo

2484 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardIn some parts of West Africa, the appearance of twins is considered a harbinger of blessings to come. And when Fela Kuti, who had already installed statues of twins on the altar at the Shrine, met the brothers Joe and John Nyaku, he may have sensed t... more info

Thursday Music News

2558 days ago
KEXP SeattleErykah Badu stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to perform a medley of “On & On” from Baduizm and a cover of Fela Kuti’s “Sorrow Tears and Blood.” The beloved Baduizm turned 20 this year but Bad... more info

Watch Erykah Badu Cover Fela Kuti & Celebrate Baduizm With The Roots On Fallon

2558 days ago
StereogumErykah Badu curated a new Fela Kuti box set, and her debut album Baduizm turned 20 this year. On The Tonight Show last night, after an interview with Cardi B, Badu commemorated both of those landmarks, joining the Roots for a medley of Kuti's Afrobea... more info

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 To Release New Album

2559 days ago
The QuietusFela Kuti's son Seun shares details of his fourth album, recorded alongside Egypt 80 more info

Chicago Afrobeat Project thrives alongside Fela collaborator

2574 days ago
Chicago TribuneIn some ways, the Chicago Afrobeat Project’s decade-plus career had been building to the moment in 2013 when band members found themselves in the same recording studio with one of their heroes, Tony Allen, the drummer on many of the greatest record... more info

The 41st Uncut Playlist Of 2017

2607 days ago
Uncut From Fela Kuti to Neil Young and most points inbetween: 28 past, present, future and never hits from the Uncut stereo… From Fela Kuti to Neil Young and most points inbetween: 28 past, present, future and never hits from the Uncut stereo… The... more info

Erykah Badu Curates New Fela Kuti Reissues

2624 days ago
The QuietusA number of Fela Kuti's classic LPs will be reissued and remastered with the help of Erykah Badu more info

40 From 40: 1971

2674 days ago
Sweeping The NationSit down, David Hepworth. The year of the first Glastonbury Festival, of Jim Morrison's death, The Concert for Bangladesh, the Montreux Casino fire that inspired Smoke On The Water and... Dave & Ansell Collins - Double BarrelNiney The Observer - ... more info

Happy Birthday Ginger Baker: Exploring Afrobeat With Fela Kuti

2682 days ago
JamBaseSaturday Stream celebrates drummer Ginger Baker’s birthday with a Spotify Playlist featuring his collaborations with Fela Kuti. more info

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