Time Out, London — Triumphant Mercury Prize winner Speech joins polyrhythmic Afrobeat genius Tony Allen at this Giles Peterson Impressed event more info

NME — Nitin Sawhney and Tony Allen are also set to play shows in a secret Oxfam shop more info

XLR8R — One of the celebrated founders of Afrobeat and the backbone of the band behind the genre's godfather, Fela Kuti, drummer Tony Allen collaborated with Finnish jack-of-all-trades Jimi Tenor on Strut's next installment of Inspiration Informati... more info

Guardian Music — Southbank Centre, LondonThe opening night of Ornette Coleman's Meltdown festival featured drummer Tony Allen and his band. The music of Nigerian-Ghanaian Allen may seem an odd choice for a festival curated by the godfather of free jazz, but in the ev... more info