Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonThis was planned as a celebration of two anniversaries involving Nigeria, though one of them was arguably more glorious than the other. The event causing absolutely no controversy was the 70th birthday of Tony Allen, surely the greate... more info

Scotsman.com — WRITE about music for long enough and you get to spot the inevitable clichés which attach themselves to a certain situation coming, and hopefully avoid their use. One of those more info

Totally Fuzzy — themusicologist said... musicology #577 Essential Cuts #7 (Fela Kuti – Kalakuta Show) Today’s ESSENTIAL cut comes courtesy of, (for me), one of the ALL time greats none other than Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Genuine Virtuoso and giant of a man who stood... more info

Guardian Music — The name doesn't lie: they are hypnotic, but there's much more to this nine-piece than just brass instrumentsWho: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.Where and when: Park stage, 3.15pm.Dress code: Pristine blue jeans, spanking white trainers and black singlets (... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Benjamin Lozovsky "What we bring is heritage," said a gracious Tony Allen Tuesday night at the Oval in Stuyvesant Town. "Thank you for tripping with us." Quite a few attendees of the free concert, part of... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The National @ High Violet Annex in May (more by David Andrako) tonight in NYC * N.E.R.D. @ Brooklyn Bowl * Tim Berne's Los Totopos @ The Stone * Tony Allen @ Stuyvesant Town Oval * Mark Helias & William... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The previously mentioned BV-co-presented Fela! cast party/album release show is happening at Brooklyn Bowl on June 7th. DJ Questlove, Fela drummer Tony Allen (who also has another show coming up), OP!, Dhundee and cast members from the show will... more info

NME — Avi Buffalo, Candi Staton, Tony Allen also added to bill more info

Pitchfork — -- Get your quarters up. Les Savy Fav guitarist Seth Jabour has created the soundtrack for a New York video game art project. Faile and Bast have turned a storefront on New York's Lower East Side into a functional video arcade, with old arcade games ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Capt. Willard said... HARRY NILSSON - THE UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEW (1978) First Time Online! A 32 year old interview with Harry Nilsson that's never been seen or heard... ANYWHERE. Harry talks about the death of Mama Cass Elliot in his London flat, talk... more info