Guardian Music — The electro hip-hop godhead and Zulu Nation founder empties the contents of his psychic record bagThe track I'll be opening my next DJ set with Anything by James Brown Every James Brown cut makes a party get crazy. He's the god of all music. I always... more info

Guardian Music — Eyes down for another strand of the 80s revival – this time, it's the sound of Sledgehammer-era Peter Gabriel courtesy of a talented Bromley boyHometown: Bromley.The lineup: Seye Adelekan (vocals, guitar).The background: Seye, like the excellent Kw... more info

Guardian Music — Honest Jon's RecordsDamon Albarn does supergroups as regularly as other people do the washing up. This year's ensemble includes Tony Allen, Flea, Erykah Badu, Fatoumata Diawara and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. Allen is the centre of the group: from t... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — As part of my ongoing weekly contribution to Rhino’s ‘rhinofy’ project, this week I put together a twenty track Fela playlist. You can hit it up, here. The playlist was (partly) inspired by Kuti’s 1980 collaboration with Roy Ayers – Music o... more info

Detroit Free Press — A musical treat is on the way this spring for Detroit fans of Fela Kuti. A recording of a show Kuti performed at the Fox Theatre in November 1986 will be released May 8 by Knitting Factory Records. It's the first new material from the late Nigeri... more info

Nialler9 — An experimental gospel no wave soul pulp band, slurping Francophilia – Gainsbourg and Dutronc, Saint Just and Fanon, Badiou and Baurdillard – Black Power – Nina Simone, Public Enemy, James Baldwin, Fred Hampton, DJ Premier, and Fela Kuti – an... more info

Guardian Music — Criolo, aka Kleber Gomes, the megastar of the megacities, lends voice to millions struggling in the favela and beyondKleber Gomes was 10 when he penned his first song about São Paulo. The year: 1985. The 1985 track: a punk rock tune about his home o... more info

Guardian Music — It's about time the Lijadu Sisters' unique, punkish slant on 1970s funk, soul and disco got its rightful duesPerhaps it's not surprising that the Lijadu Sisters have spent the last 30 years languishing in obscurity. Life as a female artist in the 1... more info

Detroit Free Press — That exclamation point in the title of "Fela!" is not an exaggeration. The 2009 Broadway musical about Nigerian musician and political activist Fela Kuti is the kind of show whose praises you want to shout from the rooftops. more info

Detroit Free Press — Fela Kuti has long been an African icon, but icon status elsewhere has eluded the Nigerian musician and political activist, who died in 1997. In music circles today, he's remembered for the Afrobeat sound he helped create in the 1970s, but even ... more info