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The 30 best tracks of July

3528 days ago
Nialler9 The songs: Jessie Ware – ‘Tough Love’ (Cyril Hahn remix) Real Lies – ‘North Circular’ Juce! – ‘Burning Up’ letthemusicplay – ‘Our Town’ feat. Kate Tempest Reid – ‘Fractures’ featuring Slow Skies Death From Above 1979 â€... more info

Damon Albarn contributes vocals to new Tony Allen song 'Go Back' - listen

3558 days ago
NMEThe track features on the Afro-beat drummer's fifth solo album 'Film Of Life' more info

Tony Allen – “Go Back” (Feat. Damon Albarn)

3558 days ago
StereogumTony Allen made his name as the drummer for Fela Kuti’s band Africa 70, with whom he more or less created the entire Afrobeat genre. He’s played with a ton of other luminaries since then, including King Sunny Ade, Sébastien Tellier, and the Damo... more info

Theo Parrish Launches New Label

3990 days ago
XLR8RNext month, Detroit techno maven Theo Parrish will launch a new label endeavor with a collaborative 12" featuring himself and iconic afrobeat drummer Tony Allen. read more more info

Moodymann, Tony Allen, Omar-S, Ben UFO, Model 500, Mala, Ben Klock, and More to Play Dimensions 2013

4092 days ago
XLR8RAlthough last year's Dimensions Festival left XLR8R feeling somewhat underwhelmed with the Croatian festival experience, the Outlook Festival team—who also organized last year's event—has just announced the 2013 edition of Dimensions an... more info

Paul McCartney plays Africa Express show in London with Damon Albarn and John Paul Jones

4220 days ago
Guardian MusicFormer Beatle is awarded the French Legion of Honour, then takes train to London for show with the Africa Express collectiveSir Paul McCartney joined over 80 musicians from Africa and the UK and the US at a concert in London on Saturday night, perfor... more info

The Africa Express diary: this train is bound for glory

4220 days ago
Guardian MusicMy week of making music with a whole world of musiciansDay 1Walking into the first rehearsal I didn't realise this was really the start of my "favourite week ever'' (which, if my wife asks, was our honeymoon). I managed to miss the train's departure ... more info

Africa Express – review

4223 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Ritz, ManchesterBy the time the train arrived in Manchester at 5.50pm on Wednesday – a collective of more than 80 musicians on board their own specially chartered vehicle – one anxiety was that the evening's show would be too slick an affair.... more info

Deloitte Ignite Africa Weekend – review

4226 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Opera House, LondonYinka Shonibare, curator of this year's Deloitte Ignite weekend at the Royal Opera House, is an artist who works with provocative, deliberately anachronistic juxtapositions. His Diary of a Victorian Dandy inserts an African m... more info

Damon Albarn: 'We're there to spread the joy'

4234 days ago
Guardian MusicThe singer, one of the driving forces behind Africa Express, on his hopes for the tour, which features 80 musicians on one train as it makes a string of stops across the UKDamon Albarn's creative period didn't end when Blur pressed pause in 2003: it ... more info

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