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

KEXP Seattle — The love NYC drummer Miles Arntzen holds for the music of Nigerian legend Fela Kuti is so great it can’t be contained by just one band. Arntzen, who drums for well-known funksters Antibalas, also started yet another 10+ member afrobeat-inspired gro... more info

KEXP Seattle — STG Presents FELA! May 28 – June 2, 2013 at The Paramount Theatre Next Showings: Friday: 8:00pm Saturday: 2:00pm & 8:00pm Sunday: 1:00pm & 6:30pm The first thing you take away from the first time you see Fela Kuti is the all-consuming cool. There�... more info

Discobelle.net — Discobelle excluisve premiere! Artymove is a funky Stockholm based trio that have been described sounding something like: “…Deee-Lite and Moloko in the studio with Missy Elliott and Fela Kuti produced by Quincy Jones…” They released the “Ba... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Spinning Fela Kuti’s proto-Africa 70 band, Koola Lobitos, for an upcoming program, I was reminded of just how seminal, loose (and great) this period of his career arc can be. And if you only know the more politically charged Fela of the 70s/80s, I... more info

Guardian Music — Radiohead singer's side project, which includes Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers, to release debut album in FebruaryRadiohead fans seeking a studio fix will get some consolation on 25 February, when Thom Yorke's new band, Atoms for Peace, release their ... more info

Guardian Music — Distinctive Belgian-Congolese rapper says playing with accepted codes and conventions brings new meanings to his artBaloji, the brilliant and innovative Congolese-born Belgian rapper and video producer, spoke to Addis Rumble about his recent performa... more info

Guardian Music — Celebrated Japanese hip-hop artist is back with mix which delves into west African grooves from the sixties and seventiesDJ Muro is one of Japan's most prolific and well respected hip hop artists. A producer, a DJ and a digger for obscure breaks and ... more info

Guardian Music — These space cadets promise Afro-futurist anthems, but their mundane rave-rock fails to blast you into another dimensionReading on mobile? Click hereHometown: London.The lineup: Mike Title (vocals, ideas) and assorted IROK-ies.The background: IROK sta... more info

Guardian Music — From Senegal, South Africa and Sudan, music to start the week"Halleluja." Ghanaian-Swiss OY breaks down hair politics over some church loop. Next: Ghanaian-Canadian singer-songwriter Kae Sun's 'Ship and The Globe', the debut single off his forthcomin... more info