New York’s Knitting Factory Records presents the release of Live In Detroit, 1986, the first new Fela Kuti material to be issued since his final studio album, Underground System, in 1992. Recorded live at the Fox Theater in Detroit in November 1986, the concert marked a triumphant return to the USA for Fela. He had [...]
Fresh off the mighty From Africa With Fury: Rise, Seun Anikulapo Kuti heads up Egypt 80, the extraordinary Afrobeat Orchestra first fronted by his renowned father. The album was not only praised for continuing the musical legacy of his father, Fela Kuti, but also because Seun found his own idiosyncratic voice as songwriter, singer, and [...]
New Jersey based singer, songwriter, producer and filmmaker Siji is making a film about Nigeria’s history as told through the words and music of Nigerian musicians. “Elder’s Corner” tells the story of Nigeria including the country’s battle with colonialism, oil, ethnic battles and their overall political and power struggles. “Elder’s Corner” is in the Kickstarter [...]
Owiny Sigoma Band // Album Teaser by Brownswood Owiny Sigoma is a collective of London and Kenyan musicians mixing Kenyan folk music with American dance music.
Rich Medina, The Marksmen, AfroStreet Records and MJFELA.COM present: the prequel to The King Meets The President in Africa: The AfroBeatles: FELA meets the Boys from Liverpool (The Black & White Album) If Michael Jackson is The King of Pop, and Fela Kuti is The King of Afrobeat, then the Beatles are of course, the [...]
(Los Angeles, California – September 13, 2010) Jeffrey Page’s talents as a dancer and choreographer have taken him everywhere from Hollywood awards shows to West African villages, and have produced collaborations with the biggest names in modern dance as well as superstars of pop music. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for NAACP Image [...]
Bill T. Jones is directing this musical about the James Brown inspired Afrobeat legend who once had 27 wives but divorced them because “no man has a right to own a woman’s vagina.” The show ran briefly last year to critical success get your tickets here.
