西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
A new Broadway musical on the life of Fela Kuti , the phenom whose music I used to love — 'Fela!' and the risks of a firebrand . I once bought tickets to see him perform at the Chautauqua Institution in the early 1990's, but his government did not allow him to leave his country. "Fela scares the hell out of me, [he was] a sacred monster, a megalomaniac who was all razor blades and coffee,"...
breath of life (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fela, Fela, Fela, what a mighty powerful noise he was.
Boomkat: Just arrived (Free subscription) | yesterday
FELA KUTI Beasts Of No Nation / Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am Celluloid WORLD LP
Derek Sivers (Free subscription) | yesterday
When I was 17, in 1987, I went to New Orleans by myself for a few days. Guitar on my shoulder, I took a taxi to the airport, and the driver said, “A musician! What kind of music do you play'” After telling him, and asking where he's from, he said, “I'm from Nigeria! You must hear the best Nigerian musician, Fela Ransome Kuti.” He wrote it on a piece of paper for me. Back in...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
by BBG Antibalas in Philly on 6/6 (more by Tim Griffin) Much like The Roots, who they shared the stage with at The Roots Picnic in June, have been doing lately, Antibalas will play a NYC residency. Theirs will take...
http://joolsayodeji.wordpress.com (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Here’s some links to some images of Fela’s Wives. 1, 2, 3 I found it difficult when researching to find much info about his Wives which suggested a direction for the play to me. Any one out there knows of any images then send me a message. This site has a zip file available to download [...]
breath of life (Free subscription) | yesterday
A week to give thanks. We open with newly re-mastered material from Nigeria's Fela Kuti. Then comes N'Dambi with one of the best Soul albums of 2009. And we close with majestic interpretations of "Wise One" by John Coltrane, Dwight Tribble, Archie Shepp, Conrad Herwig & Brian Lynch, Bobby Hutcherson, and Ravi Coltrane. Give mucho [...]
Young & Bossy (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Fela Kuti - Shakara After a tough week at work there is nothing like a blast of Fela to lift the spirit. Those BIG horn blasts bring a touch of sunshine into the current shitty English weather.
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
It took almost 15 years, but longtime friends Sahr Ngaujah and Saycon Sengbloh are together again on stage albeit a much larger stage - in "Fela!" on Broadway.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Twelve years after his death, activity around the legacy of Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti is growing exponentially and the US, finally, is getting in on the act. Choreographer Bill T. Jones' musical, Fela, is to open on Broadway on November 23, 2009, and meanwhile New York's Knitting Factory label has begun a reissue program which will, between fall 2009 and the close of 2010, see 45 Kuti titles released...
The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Each week, The Daily Beast scours the cultural landscape to choose three top picks. This week, the dark art of Tim Burton at MoMA, Penelope Cruz dazzles in the new Almodóvar movie, and Will Smith and Jay-Z come to Broadway. Tim Burton's...
Shanghaiist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Rich Medina, a veteran of the New York music scene, is tearing up the Shelter on Friday night - a party you definitely don't want to miss. Who is he? Besides being the resident DJ at New York's super-hip APT club on Wednesday night, he also holds it down with Q-tip, of a Tribe Called Quest, at Santo's Party House . This past summer he and Bobbito Garcia hosted "Happy Feet" at New York's...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Filed under: You Oughta Know , Canada "Bonjay" is a transformation of "bonjour" in Grenadian Creole which means "Good God!" This is also the frequent reaction to the Toronto-based avant-dancehall group which adopted the expression as its name. "I heard my mom and my aunt say it any time something exciting happened," the group's singer Alanna tells Spinner. It's...
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Allow us to get a bit navel-gazing here for a second and say that if you ever had any interest in Fela Kuti the man or the bizarre process by which a complicated and politically volatile bi...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Rapper JAY-Z and Hollywood couple WILL SMITH and JADA PINKETT SMITH have signed on to co-produce upcoming Broadway musical FELA!, about the life of revered African world...
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