JamBase — The 15th annual FloydFest, dubbed FloydFest 16 in honor of the leap year, will take place in Floyd, Virginia July 27 - 31. Following the announcement of the event's initial lineup as well as 18 additions, comes word Warren Haynes will perform at the ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Belle & Sebatian in Austin in 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Belle & Sebastian, Real Estate @ Radio City Music... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Fresh Air interviews Chimamanda Ngozi about her new novel, Americanah. Read an excerpt from the book. Femi Kuti visits The Current for an interview and live performance. Spin lists the boldest publicity stunts in music history. Hazlitt lists essentia... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — A light summer music release week still has several worthwhile listens, including Femi Kuti's No Place For My Dream, Lightning Dust's Fantasy, and Rose Windows' The Sun Dogs. Nothing Can Hurt Me, the soundtrack to the film of the... more info

Guardian Music — Authorities with whom Afrobeat creator so often tangled in his lifetime turn his Kalakuta commune in Lagos into a heritage siteIn the 1970s, Fela Kuti's Afrobeat music became the anti-establishment soundtrack of Africa, an anthem for those railing ag... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets to see Into Another at Bowery Ballroom go on AmEx presale today at noon. Tickets to see Femi Kuti at Webster Hall go on AmEx presale today at noon. Tickets to see Tanlines at Webster Hall go on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Femi Kuti & The Positive Force @ Moody Theater in 2011 (AUS) (more by Tim Griffin) Afrobeat authority Femi Kuti and his band The Positive Force are slated to tour the US in 2013. That tour kicks off in the... more info

Guardian Music — The Senegalese star on his hopes for the Africa Express tour, featuring 80 musicians on one train as it makes a string of stops across the UKSenegalese singer Baaba Maal has long been one of Africa's most critically acclaimed and well-known musicians... more info

Guardian Music — The Music Weekly team round up the 30th anniversary of Womad festival, which took place between 27-29 August at Charlton Park in Wiltshire. Alexis Petridis and Kieran Yates were joined by Amazing Radio presenter and music journalist Ruth Barnes to ta... more info

Guardian Music — Were you basking in the Wiltshire sunshine this weekend with Jimmy Cliff, Robert Plant et al? If so, we want to hear from youIf you find yourself wandering round today in an unusually meditative state for a Monday, smelling faintly of incense, sippin... more info