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Fela Kuti: the musical

5128 days ago
BBC 6 Music — Jay Z and Questlove talk to 6 Music about the life story of the Afrobeat pioneer more info
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Fela! at the National Theatre: red pants and a joint

5131 days ago
The Telegraph — A new musical tells the story of Fela Kuti, polygamist, political activist and musical genius. more info
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Damon Albarn forms new band with Tony Allen and Flea

5134 days ago
Guardian Music — On top of Gorillaz and the Good, the Bad & the Queen, the Blur frontman is plotting yet another musical supergroupAs if he wasn't already too busy with Gorillaz, the Good, the Bad & the Queen, and some little group called Blur, Damon Albarn has forme... more info
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Fela Kuti remembered: 'He was a tornado of a man, but he loved humanity'

5137 days ago
Guardian Music — Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti was a Nigerian hero, a political insurrectionist – and had 27 wives. Now a hit musical celebrating his extraordinary life is coming to BritainHe was meant to be a doctor, an upstanding member of Nigeria's elite like his f... more info
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Can a Fela Kuti musical change British theatre's tune?

5140 days ago
Guardian Music — Bill T. Jones's all-singing, all-dancing show has brought genuine diversity to the heart of Broadway. Can it pull off the same trick in London?A few nights ago in midtown Manhattan, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre was full. There were lights hanging from ... more info
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Fela Kuti: Spliffs, riffs . . . and 27 wives

5141 days ago
Guardian Music — Robin Denselow once spent a wild night with Fela Kuti. So can the hit musical about the Afrobeat legend match up to his memories?Walking into the rehearsals of Fela! at London's National theatre, it was impossible to stop thinking about the last tim... more info
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EVENT: All About Jazz's Chris May to Speak at Fela Kuti Events Across UK

5149 days ago
All About Jazz — AAJ senior editor c: Chris May will give the first in a series of talks about Nigerian Afrobeat originator m: Fela Anikulapo Kuti at the British Library, London on Saturday 23 October, as part of the Nigeria 50+ festival. The event is the first of s... more info
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This October, it's a Felabration

5159 days ago
Altsounds — It's Fela Kuti's birthday on October 15th, and parties celebrating the Nigerian revolutionary and master of Afrobeat are popping up across the country. With at least 12 Felabrations in the US alone (and more across Europe and Africa), it's clear... more info
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Tony Allen 70 – Nigeria 50 – review

5160 days ago
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
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FELA! and Indaba Want Your Remixes

5167 days ago
Altsounds — Fela Kuti's music naturally lends itself to remixes. Its constant groove, monumental rhythms, and extended breaks have caught the ears of musicians for decades, leading to a multitude of inspired tracks as well as songs that have sampled Fela's A... more info
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