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Six Songs of Me: Matt Temple of Electric Jive

4905 days ago
Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectMatt Temple runs Electric Jive, a blog about "lost" South African music of the 60s, 70s and 80s. Here are his six choices.What was the first song you ev... more info
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Antibalas: Antibalas – review

4910 days ago
Guardian Music — (Daptone)Fifteen years on from their creation in a Brooklyn warehouse, Antibalas have become one of the world's finest Afrobeat bands, and proved you don't have to live in Nigeria to play the style created by Fela Kuti. They have mastered the insiste... more info
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Fela Kuti fearlessly proved the human spirit is stronger than any government | Remi Adekoya

4911 days ago
Guardian Music — Kuti may have died 15 years ago today, but his fight against corruption and colonialism is still an inspiration for NigeriansToday makes it 15 years since the death of one of the greatest men ever to come out of Africa. Fela Kuti invented a new music... more info
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Soundtrack sommeliers

4933 days ago
Mercury News, California — Would you like some Fela Kuti with those stinging nettles? Restaurateurs are increasingly turning to DJs and audio-branding experts to curate one-of-a-kind dining soundtracks. Here's to Phish with your fish. more info
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The A-Z of pop in 2012

4944 days ago
Guardian Music — Don't know your Afrobeats from your Europop? Find your way through the changing pop landscape with our handy A-Z guideListen to our Spotify playlist or watch on YouTubePop. Indie. Electronica. Soul. Do these words mean anything any more? Switch on th... more info
Fela Kuti Kanye West Caspa Rusko Saint Vitus Black Sabbath

Scene report: German music now

4947 days ago
Guardian Music — Following our potted history of German pop, our journey through the sounds of Europe continues as Wyndham Wallace introduces the acts making waves in his adopted countryReading this on a mobile? Click here to view videoGermany is the world's third bi... more info
David Hasselhoff Dieter Thomas Kuhn Kraftwerk Atari Teenage Riot David Bowie U2 Nick Cave Stephen Malkmus Richie Hawtin Marcel Dettmann Ben Klock Apparat Ellen Allien Jazzanova Otis Redding Tracy Chapman Fela Kuti Schneider TM

Fela Kuti In Performance / Ginger Baker Footage (1971)

4948 days ago
Aquarium Drunkard — Netflix is currently streaming Ginger Baker In Africa, an incredibly loose documentary surrounding the British percussion wizard’s trip from Algeria to Lagos, Nigeria in November of 1971. And by ‘loose’ I mean 53 minutes of (ostensibly) amateur... more info
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William Boyd: Why I love Keane

4959 days ago
Guardian Music — The bestselling author was entranced the first time he heard them. This passion was reciprocated when Keane wrote a song inspired by his novel Any Human Heart. Here he talks about their relationship and the short story, The Sovereign Light Cafe, that... more info
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tUnE-yArDs, Micachu & the Shapes, and Delicate Steve played Terminal 5; Merrill Garbus on new Fela Kuti tribute

4969 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield tUnE-yArDs at Terminal 5 - 6/1/12 Over a year after the release of her album w h o k i l l, tUnE-yArDs still seems to be going strong, playing her biggest paid show yet at... more info
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Fela Kuti: Live in Detroit, 1986 - review

5001 days ago
Guardian Music — (Strut)For Fela Kuti, 1986 was a crucial year. In April, he was finally released from prison in Nigeria after serving nearly two years for currency trafficking, after Amnesty International had declared the outspoken musical rebel to be a political de... more info
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