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Jay-Z, Will Smith Back $11 Mil "Fela" Play

5553 days ago
AllHipHopRappers Jay-Z and Will Smith are among the investors in a Broadway play about the life of Nigerian singer/activist Fela Kuti.   The heavyweight Hip-Hop duo are backing an $11 million dollar production of Bill. T. Jones' musical "Fela," which will o... more info

BRING THAT (AFRO)BEAT BACK!!

5565 days ago
Soul SidesPax Nicholas And The Nettey Family: Na Six Feet (Snippet)From Na Teef Know De Road Of Teef (Daptone, 2009)Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band was THE band to be in if you lived in Africa in the 70s. Percussionist Pax Nicholas had been interested in music ev... more info

Jimi Tenor and Tony Allen Join Forces

5569 days ago
XLR8ROne 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

tuesday afternoon updates

5569 days ago
Totally FuzzyLittle Tony Negri said...I.H.C. Founded in 1998 by producer/drummer David Nerattini and brothers Paolo and Pino Pecorelli in Rome, Italy, I.H.C. is a band that reaches beyond the confines of any single musical category. Drawing from a broad scope of ... more info

[Hypeworthy] Introducing... Young Buffalo

5575 days ago
I Guess I'm FloatingThere isn't much gab out there about Oxford, Mississippi's Young Buffalo, with the exception of the apparently keen eyes over at Citizen Dick that spotted the band's talents about a week ago (now if they were a record label they'd have made a good in... more info

K’Naan, J. Period Unite for Messengers Series

5576 days ago
AllHipHopThe spirit and influence of famed music makers/activist Bob Marley, Fela Kuti and Bob Dylan will be spread to a new generation of listeners with the release of a five-part series of new music from mixtape DJ/producer J. Period and international rappe... more info

Daptone to Re-Release Rare Pax Nicholas (of Fela’s Africa 70) LP on September 1

5588 days ago
AltsoundsThe story of Na Teef Know The Road of Teef could have ended 35 years ago. Fela Kuti conga player and background singer Nicholas Addo-Nettey, or Pax Nicholas (he appeared on all of Fela’s Africa 70 albums between 1971 and 1978), released t... more info

more friday morning updates

5601 days ago
Totally Fuzzyluigi said...Ritual - Presencia (1994)Cecil Taylor - Conquistador! (1966)http://lascintasrecuperadas.blogspot.com Sir Charlie Palmer said...Get Hot: Sleazy Rhythm ‘n’ Blues Volume 3 – Various ArtistsUncut Magazine: In God’s... more info

thursday afternoon updates

5602 days ago
Totally FuzzyWalker said...Just a single today:The Clash - The Magnificent Seven (1981)Thanks Fuzzyhttp://burningaquarium.blogspot.comSINDBAD said...greatest hits of ELO,2cds/320greatest hits of Enya,2cds/320greatest hits of Bread,2 cds/320all with complete cover... more info

Fela Kuti :: Koola Lobitos ‘69 Los Angeles Sessions

5612 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardTruth be told, I haven’t been on a real Fela kick for several years now, but I think that is about to change…it is summertime after all.  Friday evening a friend, rifling through cds in his car, introduced me to the Koola Lobitos 1969 Los Ange... more info

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