Rollo & Grady ❤ Fela Kuti Afrobeat Afrobeat is a combination of American jazz, funk and Nigerian beat. It was created by Africaâs most outspoken artist, the late Fela Ransome Anikulapo of Nigeria in… Read full post »
Rollo & Grady ❤ All of the songs on the mix tape are incredible, but Cavern and A Man of Many Words are my favorites. The bassline in Liquid Liquid’s Cavern (2:40 Mark-Out of… Read full post »
QuietColor ❤ by marc amigone (photo by Juliana Hawawini) Aaron Johnson is the musical director of Fela! , an off-broadway musical about the life and times of international protest figure and African… Read full post »
innersounds ❤ Amazing Fela Kuti jam in all its full glory. A little overlooked because there are so many other great Kuti tracks. Worth 10 minutes or more of your time. Check… Read full post »
diddy wah ❤ mp3: Fela Kuti - Open and Close mp3: Fela Kuti - Lady mp3: Fela Kuti - Shakara (Oloje) mp3: Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit mp3: Fela Kuti - JJD mp3:… Read full post »
8106 ❤ ando-poniendo cara de peisli Hola! Ya empezaron de nuevo las vacaciones. Mencana. Peeeeeero… Ya saben. Lo tÃpico. Lo que siempre pasa en las vacaciones. En el momento en que… Read full post »
Song, by Toad ❤ Because of moving around an awful lot in my life, I have rarely voted. Now that I’m in Edinburgh I am settled enough to have voted in the last couple… Read full post »
The Pop View ❤ The thing about English record shops is that they know their stuff. They’ve got the cool records. But they also know what they’re worth. You will not find a bargain… Read full post »
Walrus Music Blog ❤ When Fela Kuti released his 1977 politically confrontational album Zombie , he pissed off his native Nigerian government so much that 1,000 soldiers showed up at his door. They burned… Read full post »
33/45 ❤ Fela Kuti - "Monkey Banana" [1976] (Comes from an album of the same name, also found on the b-side of a later pressing of Zombie ... magic stuff.) Read full post »
Le Gouter du Mercredi ❤ Deux remix d'American Gangster de Jay-Z . Forcément intéressant de comparer le travail effectué à partir du flow de Jay-Z sur son dernier album. Le premier remix confronte American Gangster… Read full post »
Dilated Choonz ❤ Afrodisiac Sound System – Fela vs Kano Following on from P Rice’s Fela posting earlier this week, and a thread on the newly revamped DJ History Forum discussing if we… Read full post »
Dilated Choonz ❤ Fela Kuti – Water No Get Enemy A little something from Afro Beat legend, activist and general dude Fela Kuti. This tune typifies all that is great about his music.… Read full post »
Song, by Toad ❤ I read an interesting but slightly frustrating article in The Scotsman the other day, all about kids’ top ten favourite and least favourite things to read. There was a fair… Read full post »
The Rawking Refuses To Stop! ❤ With Vampire Weekend coming to town tomorrow (raise your hand if you're the poor sap who paid $306 for tickets ), now's as good an excuse as any to post… Read full post »
Benn loxo du taccu ❤ Thanks to lots of great Mauritian music submitted by Benn loxo listeners I’ll be back with a second Mauritius week tomorrow morning. In the meantime, let’s take a quick breather..… Read full post »
sneakmove ❤ there a cool video of tony allen , fela kuti's former drummer, playing drums. the man's sense of rhythm is pretty amazing. fela ransome-kuti and nigeria 70 "ako" (via, ugly… Read full post »
innersounds ❤ Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit Read full post »
music is art ❤ recently, the cover of radiohead ’s in rainbows was released. unfortunately, no album artwork ever graced our downloaded zip file but now its nice to have something official . its been quite the… Read full post »
Mainstream isn't so bad...is it? ❤ Born of a Nigerian father and Romanian Gypsy mother, singer/songwriter Ayo truly is a musician of the world. Her name means "joy" in Yoruba (one of the many languages spoken… Read full post »
Le Gouter du Mercredi ❤ Tu parles d'un anniversaire. Fela Ransome Kuti devenu Fela Anikulapo Kuti aka the Black President, est mort il y a 10 ans aujourd'hui. 2 août 1997 ; je m'en rappelle… Read full post »
Butter Team ❤ You want to see that real ass shaking for a couple hours straight? Afrobeat's favorite Nigerian son Femi Kuti goes beng beng beng all over the 9:30 Club tonight (tickets… Read full post »
IckMusic ❤ photo by Richard Avedon for Rolling Stone #429 Here’s something I could not be less enthusiastic about: Prince will be releasing his new fragrance, 3121 , on 07-07-07! Ssssnnnnnniiiffff…. owwwwwaaaaa!!… Read full post »
The Late Greats ❤ So there has been some debate between me and xxx xxxxxx about what is a homonym. For the purpose of this music blog, I am using the term to mean:… Read full post »
Mainstream isn't so bad...is it? ❤ Originally hailing from Mogadishu, Somalia, K'naan ("traveller" in Somali) fled to Toronto at age 14 to escape the horrifically unstable situation in that country. Upon arrival in Canada, he learned… Read full post »
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