Afrobeat

...23) saw the premiere of the musical "Fela!" While the show celebrates the excellent and revolutionary music of Fela Kuti (who pioneered Afrobeat and gave birth to the roots of funk), the big headlines have come from the high-profile...

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...a story as soak an audience to and through the skin with the musical style and sensibility practiced by its leading man. That style is Afrobeat, an amalgam of diverse cultural elements that will be parsed and reassembled during the show by...

In this article: Broadway, James Brown, Africa, Lagos, and West Side Story

...that the man's revolution was a hell of a party, too. Jones opens the show by walking the audience through Fela's creation of Afrobeat music and culture. We learn about his youth in Nigeria's "high life" clubs; his jazz and funk...

In this article: Fela Kuti, Bill T. Jones, Broadway, Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, London, and Nigeria

...giant disco ball, slogans and African paintings. The onstage band (the real-life New York ensemble Antibalas) is pumping out turbo-charged Afrobeat music. Dancers cavort down the aisles and on runways jutting into the audience. Monique...

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'Fela!' : An energetic Afrobeat musical to exclaim over Cars Auto Financing Event Tickets Jobs Real Estate Online Degrees Business Opportunities Shopping Catherine Foster, left, Sahr Ngaujah and Nicole de Weever star in the Broadway...

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..."Torn and Frayed." During that gem, the band showed off their almost telepathic powers and followed the groove through tips of the hat to Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, some Parliament-Funkadelic grind and a tease of Talking Heads geek punk/funk.

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...and fate reunite Broadway show's stars stars, who were friends as teens Saturday, November 21st 2009, 4:00 AM Sahr Ngaujah as the Afrobeat titan Fela Kuti and Saycon Sengbloh as his lover Sandra in 'Fela!' It took almost 15 years,...

In this article: Fela Kuti, Big Boi, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Kenan Thompson

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In this article: Fela Kuti, Ginger Baker, Kalakuta Republic, Nigeria, and U.S.

...approve of this development, even if he might not be so enthusiastic about some of the bands. Afrobeat Revival features ten different modern Afrobeat bands, including those led by Tony Allen and Seun Kuti. Allen's "Crazy Afrobeat," from...

In this article: Tony Allen, Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Breast cancer, and Fela Kuti

Afrobeat Legend Tony Allen New Album Hits 01/12 NIGERIAN AFROBEAT LEGEND TONY ALLEN'S WORLD CIRCUIT/NONESUCH DEBUT SECRET AGENT TO BE RELEASED JANUARY 12 At nearly 70 the man Brian Eno reckons is perhaps the greatest drummer that ever...

In this article: Tony Allen, Fela Kuti, Africa, The Guardian, Simon Tong, Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, and The Good, the Bad & the Queen