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Roots Manuva/Tony Allen Band + Speech Debelle

5367 days ago

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

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Editors, Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim to launch Oxjam gigs

5375 days ago

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

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Jimi Tenor and Tony Allen Join Forces

5383 days ago

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

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Tony Allen

5454 days ago

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

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