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...and KAOS ensues, on Spin The Globe , 22 August 2008 edition. Today's show ping-ponged between the musics of Benin and Romania, with some fun surprises. And more broad-ranging sounds in hour 2. Congratulations to listener Richard, who won the Fanfare Ciocarlia CD Maskarada that was today's giveaway. The Playlist: (Artist - Song - Album) hour 1 Fa -- Tale Tale -- Defi Fanfare Ciocarl...

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  Expensive Shit

This campaign was supposed to be something new, above the slime. Yeah, we all know how that went, huh? Sen Obama has interjected Race into this campaign in the most cynical way possible & his sycophants in the press have gladly played along.....The good Sen. told us we would hear innocent sounding phrases & words that are really code words used to disguise the ugliness & ignorence of the p...

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  Army Arrangement
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  The Best of the Black President
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  Zombie

In anticipation of the re-release of the entire 45 volume Fela Kuti recordings, there's some Felabrating to do! Knitting Factory Records is on top of the re-release with original artwork, digital packages, and for the purists, will be releasing the entire collection on vinyl! Giant Step has signed on and is giving the people a reason to come together and get into the afro-beat with Felabrations...

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  Zombie
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  Zombie

Cheers to Mr President, Fela Kuti. take a listen to Zombie and groove your day away . . . . makes me wanna jump down to new orleans

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  Expensive Shit/He Miss Road
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  Expensive Shit

Above photo by my dad.This is the first in a hopefully weekly series of blog posts by my dad. I grew up in a house filled with 12,000 records and innumerable cassettes, reel-to-reels,etc; My insatiable appetite for music is directly related to my dad, who made sure we always had something on the stereo even when we didn't have much to eat. Because of him I have been to a reggae-loving Havasu...

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  Coffin for Head of State/Unknown Soldier
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  Coffin For Head Of State (Part 1 & 2)

Nigeria held presidential elections last weekend, and it seems things went pretty bad. Lost ballots, closed voting stations, and lots of people killed. Too bad.This song is for my very sweet friend (and father of my super son) Christopher who's in Nigeria right now. Peace!!!It's my favourite Fela song, probably one of the saddest, and the story he's telling in it is completely true... he really...

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  Fela Kuti

(As part of our 5th year anniversary, we're revisiting 20 key songs. This post was originally published on August 9, 2006).Fela Ransome Kuti and Afrika 70: Water No Get EnemyFrom Expensive Shit (Editions Makossa, 1975)"I've listened to a decent amount of Fela's stuff over the years but I either just let this slide past my radar or missed it completely but now I'm completely obsessed with it. I ...

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Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the real big man... He had about 27 wives and a whole village the Kalakuti Republic full of his singers and instrument players, drivers and helpers and everyone else! His band alone was at least 70-80 people, they just dont do it like that nowadays huh? More >

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  Shuffering and Shmiling/ No Agreement
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  Shuffering and Shmiling

Fela expresses his views on the role of music in modern African society...

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Nigeria 70 - The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos (Strut Records STRUTO35CD/LP, 2009)Strut Records is one of those labels that have a knack for tracking down and putting out collections of great music from bygone days. This one- originally appearing in 2001 and now returning in re-mastered form -was a good example, setting the bar high for many similar compilations that followed. And ...

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  Opposite People/Sorrow Tears and Blood
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  Colonial Mentality

but remember... It doesn't matter who you vote for - the government gets in!

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  Fela Kuti

Just saw this from the Nigerian News Service ... Unbelievable!Lagos, Nigeria: Kolade Kuti Wombia, a cousin of African music legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti has convinced courts in Nigeria, Britain, and the United States to uphold his trademark claim on the term "Afrobeat," coined by his famous relative.Wombia has been enmeshed with other family members over the legendary singer's legacy since Kuti's...

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Flea of the Red Hot Chili peppers got me into Fela(which looking at it now makes sense). I remember seeing them some years back(Californication Tour?) and they played the most rhythmic, trance inducing music I had ever heard before their set and after much detective work, I figured out that it was none other than Fela Kuti! I had a chance to see his son Femi a few years ago and it was quite a...

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