Guardian Music — (Daptone)Fifteen years on from their creation in a Brooklyn warehouse, Antibalas have become one of the world's finest Afrobeat bands, and proved you don't have to live in Nigeria to play the style created by Fela Kuti. They have mastered the insiste... more info

Guardian Music — Kuti may have died 15 years ago today, but his fight against corruption and colonialism is still an inspiration for NigeriansToday makes it 15 years since the death of one of the greatest men ever to come out of Africa. Fela Kuti invented a new music... more info

Mercury News, California — Would you like some Fela Kuti with those stinging nettles? Restaurateurs are increasingly turning to DJs and audio-branding experts to curate one-of-a-kind dining soundtracks. Here's to Phish with your fish. more info

Guardian Music — Don't know your Afrobeats from your Europop? Find your way through the changing pop landscape with our handy A-Z guideListen to our Spotify playlist or watch on YouTubePop. Indie. Electronica. Soul. Do these words mean anything any more? Switch on th... more info

Guardian Music — Following our potted history of German pop, our journey through the sounds of Europe continues as Wyndham Wallace introduces the acts making waves in his adopted countryReading this on a mobile? Click here to view videoGermany is the world's third bi... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Netflix is currently streaming Ginger Baker In Africa, an incredibly loose documentary surrounding the British percussion wizard’s trip from Algeria to Lagos, Nigeria in November of 1971. And by ‘loose’ I mean 53 minutes of (ostensibly) amateur... more info

Guardian Music — The bestselling author was entranced the first time he heard them. This passion was reciprocated when Keane wrote a song inspired by his novel Any Human Heart. Here he talks about their relationship and the short story, The Sovereign Light Cafe, that... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield tUnE-yArDs at Terminal 5 - 6/1/12 Over a year after the release of her album w h o k i l l, tUnE-yArDs still seems to be going strong, playing her biggest paid show yet at... more info

Guardian Music — (Strut)For Fela Kuti, 1986 was a crucial year. In April, he was finally released from prison in Nigeria after serving nearly two years for currency trafficking, after Amnesty International had declared the outspoken musical rebel to be a political de... more info

Guardian Music — The musician, 58, on Senegal, smoking and following your dreamMy mother was a wise woman. She used to tell me to wake up every morning unafraid of life – she told me that life can be hard but goodness always prevails.I realised I had a voice at 10.... more info