AllHipHop — Rappers Jay-Z and Will Smith are among the investors in a Broadway play about the life of Nigerian singer/activist Fela Kuti.   The heavyweight Hip-Hop duo are backing an $11 million dollar production of Bill. T. Jones' musical "Fela," which will o... more info

Soul Sides — Pax Nicholas And The Nettey Family: Na Six Feet (Snippet)From Na Teef Know De Road Of Teef (Daptone, 2009)Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band was THE band to be in if you lived in Africa in the 70s. Percussionist Pax Nicholas had been interested in music ev... more info

XLR8R — One of the celebrated founders of Afrobeat and the backbone of the band behind the genre's godfather, Fela Kuti, drummer Tony Allen collaborated with Finnish jack-of-all-trades Jimi Tenor on Strut's next installment of Inspiration Informati... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Little Tony Negri said...I.H.C. Founded in 1998 by producer/drummer David Nerattini and brothers Paolo and Pino Pecorelli in Rome, Italy, I.H.C. is a band that reaches beyond the confines of any single musical category. Drawing from a broad scope of ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — There isn't much gab out there about Oxford, Mississippi's Young Buffalo, with the exception of the apparently keen eyes over at Citizen Dick that spotted the band's talents about a week ago (now if they were a record label they'd have made a good in... more info

AllHipHop — The spirit and influence of famed music makers/activist Bob Marley, Fela Kuti and Bob Dylan will be spread to a new generation of listeners with the release of a five-part series of new music from mixtape DJ/producer J. Period and international rappe... more info

Altsounds — The story of Na Teef Know The Road of Teef could have ended 35 years ago. Fela Kuti conga player and background singer Nicholas Addo-Nettey, or Pax Nicholas (he appeared on all of Fela’s Africa 70 albums between 1971 and 1978), released t... more info

Totally Fuzzy — luigi said...Ritual - Presencia (1994)Cecil Taylor - Conquistador! (1966)http://lascintasrecuperadas.blogspot.com Sir Charlie Palmer said...Get Hot: Sleazy Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Volume 3 – Various ArtistsUncut Magazine: In God’s... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Walker said...Just a single today:The Clash - The Magnificent Seven (1981)Thanks Fuzzyhttp://burningaquarium.blogspot.comSINDBAD said...greatest hits of ELO,2cds/320greatest hits of Enya,2cds/320greatest hits of Bread,2 cds/320all with complete cover... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Truth be told, I haven’t been on a real Fela kick for several years now, but I think that is about to change…it is summertime after all.  Friday evening a friend, rifling through cds in his car, introduced me to the Koola Lobitos 1969 Los Ange... more info