XLR8R — A native of La Réunion and one of Mawimbi’s main creative force, Loya is an experienced musician and producer. After an EP dedicated to local folk icon Alain Peters on Mawimbi Records and a duo of remixes for Tony Allen, Loya is set to ret... more info

Stereogum — Angélique Kidjo covered Talking Heads' 1980 album Remain In Light in full. She tapped Ezra Koenig, Blood Orange, Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, bassist Pino Palladino, and more to work on the LP. It's due out this summer, and in an interview with Ro... more info

Chicago Tribune — In some ways, the Chicago Afrobeat Project’s decade-plus career had been building to the moment in 2013 when band members found themselves in the same recording studio with one of their heroes, Tony Allen, the drummer on many of the greatest record... more info

Stereogum — Damon Albarn recently revived his Gorillaz project for a new album, and it seems that the Good, The Bad & The Queen, his supergroup with the Clash's Paul Simonon, the Verve's Simon Tong, and Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, is up next. We've been hearing... more info

Core News — “Iggy Pop serves up the perfect sonic cocktail to kick-start the weekend. This week he’s got tracks by Curtis Harding, Tony Allen, Nadine Shah, The Comet Is Coming and The National. Iggy’s musical legacy has inspired and energised rock and roll... more info

JamBase — Release Day Picks this week highlights new albums by Gregg Allman, The National, Jack Johnson, Victor Wooten and Tony Allen more info

New York Times — Mr. Allen will be bending the music of Blakey, who was also a drummer, into a grooving Afrobeat sound at Le Poisson Rouge. more info

The Quietus — Hercules & Love Affair, Tony Allen and more join the lineup for the festival's first edition more info

The Quietus — Butthole Surfers, Jeff Mills & Tony Allen and more join lineup more info

XLR8R — Dekmantel has unveiled its 2017 Festival lineup. The fifth episode of the Dutch event is set to take place in August, running for a day longer than previous editions (beginning on a Wednesday rather than the usual Thursday). This year's expansive bil... more info