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This much I know: Baaba Maal

5311 days ago

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

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Afrika Bambaataa Q&A

5326 days ago

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

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New band of the day: Seye (No 1,237)

5344 days ago

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

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Rocket Juice & the Moon: Rocket Juice & the Moon – review

5348 days ago

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

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Fela Kuti :: Spotify – Twenty Tracks

5367 days ago

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

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November 1986 Fela Kuti performance at Fox Theatre to be released this spring

5371 days ago

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

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Introducing: Algiers – Atlanta doom soul trio

5373 days ago

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

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Brazilian rapper Criolo sings the street story of São Paulo

5380 days ago

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

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The Lijadu Sisters: Afro-Beat Soul Sisters – review

5384 days ago

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

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Review: 'Fela!' musical deserves its !

5384 days ago

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

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This much I know: Baaba Maal

Afrika Bambaataa Q&A

New band of the day: Seye (No 1,237)

Rocket Juice & the Moon: Rocket Juice & the Moon – review

Fela Kuti :: Spotify – Twenty Tracks

November 1986 Fela Kuti performance at Fox Theatre to be released this spring

Introducing: Algiers – Atlanta doom soul trio

Brazilian rapper Criolo sings the street story of São Paulo

The Lijadu Sisters: Afro-Beat Soul Sisters – review

Review: 'Fela!' musical deserves its !

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