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How the tragic tale of Brian Wilson inspired an indie pop curio

5068 days ago

Guardian Music — My Little Cheap Dictaphone bravely go where perhaps only David Bowie has gone before, in creating an entire album about a fellow performerEven if you've not heard of Belgian group My Little Cheap Dictaphone (and let's face it, etc), it's still highly... more info

Nigeria: The happiest place on earth

5071 days ago

Guardian Music — Nigeria is beset by poverty, corruption and violence – but a poll says it is the world's most optimistic nationThe arrivals hall at Murtala Mohammed international airport in Lagos has the kind of humidity that feels like a warm towel. The minute yo... more info

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Jay-z's Fela! Heading To Nigeria

5072 days ago

ContactMusic — JAY-Z's Broadway musical FELA!, about famed musician and activist FELA KUTI, is heading to the late star's native Nigeria.The Tony Award-winning show, which is currently starring Patti LaBelle in the role of Fela's mother, closed on Broadway on Sunda... more info

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5 Things We Know About Zoo Kid

5092 days ago

Abeano — Who? Zoo Kid, aka Archie Marshall, is a teenage Londoner. His songs so far – Spring’s ‘Baby Blue’, ‘Ocean Bed’ plus most recent single ‘Out Getting Ribs’, – have ranged from reverbed oldies (think Spectrals) to fresh takes... more info

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Great Dynasties: The Ransome-Kutis

5096 days ago

Guardian Music — Ian Sansom on a clan described as the Kennedys of NigeriaIn 1925, the Reverend Canon Josiah J Ransome-Kuti, a Nigerian Anglican priest and composer of hymns, recorded a series of 78s, sung in Yoruba, for the pioneering Zonophone record label in Londo... more info

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Readers recommend: songs about mistakes – the results

5097 days ago

Guardian Music — The idea of making a playlist of songs about mistakes only came about because of a mistake, yet many of the song choices it provoked have been brilliant – strange, but beautiful and trueMistakes are wonderful things because they open up so many p... more info

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Wyclef Drops New Haitian Inspired EP As Country Braces For Election Results

5099 days ago

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Wyclef Jean has revealed his thought process behind a new six-song EP titled If I Were President: My Haitian Experience, which is being released on the heels of the controversial presidential election in the country. According to Wyc... more info

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Fela: This Bitch of a Life by Carlos Moore – review

5103 days ago

Guardian Music — by Aimee ShalanApparently the name of legendary Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, means "the one who emanates greatness, who carries death in his quiver and who cannot be killed by human entity". Tough to live up to, but remarkably he somehow ma... more info

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FELA! GETS GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR "BEST MUSICAL SHOW ALBUM"

5103 days ago

Altsounds — Tony Award winning Broadway musical FELA! - a provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance, theatre and music, exploring the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti - will be filmed live at London's Natio... more info

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Worlds apart musically, Fela Kuti and Lennon both radicalised a generation | Jonathan Freedland

5106 days ago

Guardian Music — No governments are shaken by Snow Patrol; the FBI has no interest in Gary Barlow. Where are today's political popstars?Winter's come early and people are dreaming of escape. Those who fancy a shot of African warmth in these chilly times, but without ... more info

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How the tragic tale of Brian Wilson inspired an indie pop curio

Nigeria: The happiest place on earth

Jay-z's Fela! Heading To Nigeria

5 Things We Know About Zoo Kid

Great Dynasties: The Ransome-Kutis

Readers recommend: songs about mistakes – the results

Wyclef Drops New Haitian Inspired EP As Country Braces For Election Results

Fela: This Bitch of a Life by Carlos Moore – review

FELA! GETS GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR "BEST MUSICAL SHOW ALBUM"

Worlds apart musically, Fela Kuti and Lennon both radicalised a generation | Jonathan Freedland

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