L.A. Times - Entertainment — "Finding Fela!" is a hall-of-mirrors documentary that dissects the complex public persona of the late Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti though the lens of the 2009 Broadway musical biography "Fela!" more info

Brooklyn Vegan — There's never a shortage of cool movie screenings in NYC, but here's a roundup of some of the music (and cow) related screenings coming up in the near future. The screenings of Stop Making Sense and Pulp: A Film... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — As was proclaimed more than once over the evening at California Plaza, history was occurring in downtown Los Angeles on Friday night as part of the Grand Performances series. For the first time, a choice selection of the iconic Nigerian bandleader Fe... more info

Stereogum — Tony Allen made his name as the drummer for Fela Kuti’s band Africa 70, with whom he more or less created the entire Afrobeat genre. He’s played with a ton of other luminaries since then, including King Sunny Ade, Sébastien Tellier, and the Damo... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — If Fela Kuti was Afro-Jazz, then The Funkees were Afro-Rock. Hailing from Eastern Nigeria, and formed in the late 60s as an Army band after the Biafran War, the Funkees were the band that set the dance floors of Lagos on fire in the 70s. Soundway rel... more info

The Telegraph — New Michael Fassbender, Steve Coogan and Michael Cera films to feature at Sundance London 2014, alongside Fela Kuti documentary and panels with Jarvis Cocker and Edwyn Collins     more info

Consequence of Sound — A star-studded cover of Fela Kuti's "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am". more info

XLR8R — On the first spin through Cupid's Head, the latest LP from Axel Willner (a.k.a. The Field), one doesn't immediately get the impression that he's been listening to a lot of Fela Kuti. Yet that's exactly what the Swedish producer ha... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR Music is streaming Cass McCombs' new album Big Wheel and Others. Between the Covers interviews author Jonathan Lethem about his new novel Dissident Gardens. Granta examines Fela Kuti album art. The Wall Street Journal reviews the books longlisted... more info