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Seun Kuti and Sampa the Great credit: Antonella Spoto and Pritt Siimon

Seun Kuti’s “Emi Aluta” gets a Zamrock remix from Zambian singer, rapper, and songwriter Sampa the Great. Sampa and her team Mag44 and Solomon Pate produced the raucous reworking for the Afrobeat heir. The single is on Kuti’s recently released album, Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) which is exclusivelyContinue Reading

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Fela Red Hot + Riot

Red Hot’s Red Hot + Riot tribute to Fela Kuti marks its 20th anniversary in 2022 and it has a reissue to mark the occasion. Today is World AIDs Day and the recording is now available for the first time on streaming services and has been remastered with two hoursContinue Reading

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  Fela Kuti’s “Zombie“ album was a political firebomb driven by his distaste for the Nigerian government. The simmering rhythms, jazzy funky horns and Fela’s chants validated and incited the people at once even causing a riot in Ghana which got him banned from the country. His Afrobeat style ofContinue Reading

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