Results for "Fela Kuti"

Various Artists: Benin Yoruba Music - Voices Of Memory

by Chris May
December 11, 2011

Various ArtistsBenin Yoruba Music: Voices Of MemoryOcora2011 In the days before the web shrank the world, hearing traditional music made in a distant country meant getting on a plane and going there yourself. Rewarding, but expensive. Plan B involved checking the catalogues of two record companies, Ocora, ...

Fela Kuti - V.I.P.

Featuring the music of Fela Kuti
Duration: 16:32
October 15, 2011

Tim Collins: Mixing It Up

by Alan Bryson
September 20, 2011

Tim Collins likes to mix it up. It starts at home; the vibraphonist is married to a successful concert violinist and is intimately connected to the world of classical music. Recording with pianist Matthias Bublath, Collins has also worked with guitarist Charlie Hunter, who produced his second album, mixing rock, jazz, and string quartets. He seeks ...

Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra: MTO Plays Sly

by Chris May
September 15, 2011

Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory OrchestraMTO Plays SlyThe Royal Potato Family2011 The Sly Stone songbook is a solid gold thing, and it is strange that it is so rarely revisited. Then again, repertory tributes are generally paid to artists who have passed. Stone is still with us, although, ...

Da Cruz Releases "Sistema Subversia" on Six Degrees Records

July 26, 2011

The ensemble Da Cruz is a collaboration between vocalist Mariana Da Cruz (a Paulista with Bahian roots) and Swiss producer Ane H. Together with their band, they merge Brazilian music, Electro, Afro Beat, Breakbeats, Ethiopian Grooves, Kuduro and other forms of dance music. Da Cruz stand for a “modern, curious and proud Brazil," says Mariana."There are ...

Part 24 - Ghariokwu Lemi: Fela Kuti And Me

by Chris May
July 9, 2011

In an illuminating interview, artist and sleeve designer Ghariokwu Lemi talks to Afrobeat Diaries about his work and friendship with Fela Kuti. The interview attests to the indelible link between Lemi's designs and Kuti's music, and to a working relationship which, Lemi reveals, broke down only once, over 1977's Sorrow Tears And Blood. The interview is ...

TD Toronto Jazz Festival, Days 4-10: June 27-July 3, 2011

by Alain Londes
July 9, 2011

TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2011Toronto, CanadaJune 24-July 3, 2011 Monday, June 27, 2011On Monday evening, fans had a few hard choices to make among the headliners. At Koerner Hall, award-winning Dee Dee Bridgewater paid tribute to Lady Day, Billie Holiday. Meanwhile at the Enwave Theatre, Kurt Elling ...

Part 23 - Ghariokwu Lemi: The Art of Afrobeat

by Chris May
May 11, 2011

Ghariokwu Lemi--"born, bred and buttered" in Lagos, Nigeria, where he continues to live--is an artist and graphic designer who created 26 of Fela Kuti's album covers, including many of his most powerful ones. Since his Kuti debut, for 1974's Alagbon Close, Lemi's art has been an integral part of Afrobeat's Pan African message, working hand in ...

Dub Colossus: Addis Through The Looking Glass

by Chris May
April 16, 2011

Dub ColossusAddis Through The Looking GlassReal World2011 Modern Ethiopian recordings were largely unknown abroad until 1997, when France's Buda Musique label launched its Ethiopiques CD series. The reason had nothing to do with the music, which was wondrous and varied and splendidly distinctive, and everything to do ...

The Liberators: The Liberators

by Mark F. Turner
April 9, 2011

The long arms of Fela Kuti and James Brown have stretched down under, with the debut of this Australian funk group's self-titled debut. Based in Sydney, The Liberators effectively rock the house, funk it up, and throw down some sweating dance music in venues and concerts, paying homage to jazz, funk, and Afrobeat. ...