The Quietus — Robert Hood, Jeff Mills & Tony Allen, Steve Reich and more will play the Dutch festival more info

The Quietus — Newly announced acts for the Dutch festival include Swans and Jeff Mills & Tony Allen more info

XLR8R — New Morning will host a live performance by Jeff Mills and Tony Allen. Tony Allen, a Nigerian drummer and legend of the afrobeat movement (known for working alongside Fela Kuti as well as playing solo), will team up with techno pioneer Jeff Mills for... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The new LP features the great Tony Allen on drums and Nik Turner from Hawkwind. Continue reading… more info

Guardian Music — (Glitterbeat)The eponymous title accurately reflects this 2014 superjam, staged in Port-au-Prince with Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen mixing it with the elite of local groups in what proves an almost seamless fusion. Allen and his core group lay down Af... more info

Guardian Music — (Glitterbeat)This energetic, sometimes chaotic fusion set results from a visit that Africa’s finest percussionist – the Afrobeat hero Tony Allen – made to Haiti to perform in the main square of Port Au Prince alongside Haitian an... more info

Stereogum — Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera served as musical director for this year’s La Notte della Taranta folk festival in Salento, Italy. Manzanera also performed at the event as part of an international supergroup with Paul Simonon of the Clash, Nige... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “The Golden Voice Of Africa” – Pat Thomas. A regular collaborator with Ebo Taylor, Thomas was  a mainstay of the ‘70s and ‘80s Ghanaian highlife, afrobeat and afro-pop scenes. Via Strut Records …And Kwashibu Area Band reunites Thomas wit... more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - Nigerian artists spanning five decades of music-making took honors in Songlines magazine's 2015 awards, with Afrobeat pioneer and drummer Tony Allen winning Best Artist and Ibibio Sound Machine picked as Best Newcomers. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Sufjan Stevens, Soulection and Tony Allen make sounds that should be heard.Sufjan Stevens, Soulection and Tony Allen make sounds that should be heard. more info