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Jose James: No Beginning No End
by Enrique Turpin
Tal vez no sea intención de José James (Mineápolis, 1978) reemplazar a D'Angelo en el reinado del neo-soul que se empezó a fraguar a mediados de los años 90, pero puede que lo logre sin proponérselo. En su cuarto trabajo --y primero para Blue Note-- ha recuperado el testigo que seguía en el suelo a la ...
Bongos Ikwue and Double X: Wulu Wulu
by James Nadal
Nigeria has been a wellspring of vital African music for some time now, from ethnic folk music with its call and response, to palm-wine, juju, Afrobeat, and the horn and guitar driven sounds of highlife. This polyrhythmic music has also achieved international fame due to popular artists as Fela Kuti and King Sunny Ade. Though these ...
Live in Detroit 1986
By Fela Kuti
Label: Dodo Music
Released: 2012
Track listing:
01. Just Like That; 02. Confusion Break Bones; 03. Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense; 04. Beast of No Nation.
Glawdys N’Dee: Lyannaj
by Hrayr Attarian
The term “world music" takes a new meaning with singer Glawdys N'Dee's debut, Lyannaj, which means to connect or unite in solidarity--and unite, she does. The Guadeloupean-born, Parisian-educated and Chicago-based N'Dee brings together, in three languages--Creole, French and English--various musical styles of the African Diaspora, from Caribbean rhythms to jazz, and from gospel to the blues. ...
Barrett Martin: Musical Artifacts and Seattle Punk
by Jack Gold-Molina
Barrett Martin's primary instrument is the drums, but he has also been known to play upright bass, as well as many different types of ethnic percussion instruments that he has studied formally, often traveling to their countries of origin to seek out Griots and teachers. His musical credits include Seattle bands Skin Yard and Screaming Trees, ...
Fela NYC: Fresh From Africa at British Film Institute
New Nigerian Cinema and African Odsseys are screening Fela NYC: Fresh From Africa at the British Film Institute on London's Southbank at 2pm on Saturday 18 August. The 90-minute Fela Kuti documentary, directed by Edward Jaheed Ashley, is a mixture of interview, reportage and performance footage, shot in New York in 1986. All About Jazz's Chris ...
Henry Cole, Joe McPhee & Ravi Coltrane
by Martin Longley
Henry Cole & The Afrobeat Collective 92Y Tribeca May 30, 2012 The Checkout is a monthly live broadcast for the WBGO radio station, presented by DJ Josh Jackson. The deal down at 92Y Tribeca always involves two formidable combos, often featuring a very familiar act coupled with a surging ...
Fela Kuti: Live in Detroit 1986
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nonostante un paio di figli che portano in giro il nome di famiglia e una certa moda afrobeat [sempre sia lodata!] che si sostenta ottimamente con vecchie glorie e nuovi virgulti, la partita finisce senza storia quando sul piatto si mette l'aureo peso specifico di Fela Kuti. A distanza di un ventennio dal suo ultimo disco ...
