Courtesy of The Morning News, the The Independent reports that the Africa Shrine in Lagos has been shut down again by government authorities -- ostensibly for "noise, street hawkers and illegal parking.""They made all these complaints and said we had 48 hours to address them and then they closed us down the next morning at 9am," [Fela's daughter, Yeni Kuti] said from Lagos. "They didn't even gi...
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There's a bit of an Afrobeat resurgence happening lately isn't there? From the Nigeria Special compilations, to Seun Kuti's new album, Nomo, Antibalas and various other compilations. Now we have Lionhead who has been influenced by all of the above and has released an album called The 13 Faces of Lightning Heads. Lionhead aka Bigga [...]
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40 top albums in no particular order... 1 seun kuti - many things 2 i g culture - zen badizm 3 trusme - working nights 4 benjamin herman - campert 5 menahan street band - make the road by wa...
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Courtesy of The Morning News, the The Independent reports that the Africa Shrine in Lagos has been shut down again by government authorities -- ostensibly for "noise, street hawkers and illegal parking.""They made all these complaints and said we had 48 hours to address them and then they closed us down the next morning at 9am," [Fela's daughter, Yeni Kuti] said from Lagos. "They didn't even gi...
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This is another artist who I was not aware of until recently and until I well cough NPR helped me stumble upon it on one of their podcasts. Once again I thank Bob Boilen and the team at All Songs Considered for introducing me to another fantastic band and movement of great music. As far as afro-jams go, Seun Kuti is KING! .... well actually the Prince. His famous father Fela Kuti pioneered the...
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