WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Due to familial obligations over the weekend, hence the late publication of this post, you need to get over to WFMU's eBay page now if you want in on these choice items. And you will. Oh yes, you will. Fela...
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fela!, a new off-Broadway musical about the life of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, opened on Tuesday at 37Arts Theatre in New York City. The musical features choreography by Bill T. Jones and music by the Afrobeat ensemble Antibalas, while Sahr Ngaujah stars as Fela Anikupalo Kuti. [Soulbounce.com] Keane is offering a a free download of “Spiralling,” [...]
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | yesterday
"We have eight people out right now, and we're all in one van with no trailer," says NOMO bandleader and saxophonist Elliot Bergman. "It's like the Ringling Brothers' clown car, Russian nesting dolls, and Tetris." All the drums fit inside one another, hence the Russian-do...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Filed under: Around the World Spinner.com : The Orange County, Calif., Sheriff's Department and pioneering electronic musician-composer Morton Subotnick don't usually converge. Not to mention Afrobeat king Fela Kuti. But all figured in a Sunday afternoon performance by the band Nomo at Amoeba... Read more
Heraclitean Fire (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Half of a Yellow Sun is a novel about the Biafran war, told from the perspective of three people on the Biafran side. It switches back and forth between their lives pre-war and the war years. Adichie is too young to have been part of the war herself, but I gather from the Author’s Note that her parents [...]
Remix (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Read the Remix article on Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti’s son, Seun Kuti. Seun Kuti and producer Martin Meissonnier discuss recording Kuti and his father’s band Egypt 80’s debut album in Nigeria and France.
Passion of the Weiss (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Probably in bad form to post a 20-minute MP3, but this is just one track and let’s just presume that you download it, you love it and you go see Seun Kuti. Everyone wins, it stays in the family, etc. etc. Honestly, I haven’t been able to go three hours in the last week without listening [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
On the Road - Baaba Maal While Baaba Maal’s profile is rising in the UK, the Senegalese singer-songwriter hasn't released a studio album since 2000. This is a collection of live tracks from the past decade, available from his website . £5.99 (download) Segu Blue Bassekou - Kouyate & Ngoni ba Bassekou Kouyate made his name playing ngoni - an instrument similar to the lute - alongside Ali Farka Toure....
death from below (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
six guys in an rv for four days produced quite the odor. Fela Kuti feat. Ginger Baker "Ye Ye De Smell"
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Paul McCartney's fifth album since the breakup of The Beatles, it became Wings' most successful album and remains the most celebrated of McCartney's post-Beatles albums.
Passion of the Weiss (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
For the last six weeks, I’ve spent my drive time cloistered within the soothing cocoon of Fela Kuti’s Expensive Shit/He Miss Road. Accordingly, few contemporary albums have battered through that hermetically sealed, parallel universe where I smoke acres of trees at the Kalakata Republic circa 1975 while inventing a plethora of dance moves, including [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Organisers of the country's biggest world music festival were forced to make last-minute cancellations yesterday after three musicians in their line-up were unable to obtain visas to play at Womad.
France24 (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
This Nigerian singer is the youngest son of legendary Afrobeat artist Fela Kuti. For his first album, Seun Kuti is extremely political: almost every track takes on the corruption and irresponsibility of African leaders past and present.
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
I had planned to write a long review of the festival, but reviewing well known artists seems a waste. In the spirit of Roulette, I thought it would be better to champion the lesser knowns. Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti's son...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Kinks’ Ray Davies has reportedly written a new musical based on one of the band’s biggest hits, “Come Dancing.” Davies wrote roughly 20 new songs for Come Dancing, which is set in a 1950s London dance hall. The only Kinks song to make the show is the title track. The new musical will start [...]
