The ever brilliant Festival of World Cultures returns to Dun Laoghaire on the 29th and 30th of August this year with yet another packed lineup. Now in its 9th year, the family-friendly festival attracts over 250,000 people making it Ireland’s largest intercultural celebration.This year will see music from the likes of French singer Jane Birkin, [...]
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Disclaimer-Thanks to World Circuit for hooking me up with the album version of the new Tony Allen single.Dear Groove Merchants,Now that I'm the first kid on my block to get a taste, I'm hooked. The Evil Music Crack Dealers have me in their grip. Not that I wouldn't have sought it out, because I'm a junkie and huge fan of Tony Allen to boot.First and foremost he was the backbone of a revolution...
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Disclaimer-Thanks to World Circuit for hooking me up with the album version of the new Tony Allen single.Dear Groove Merchants,Now that I'm the first kid on my block to get a taste, I'm hooked. The Evil Music Crack Dealers have me in their grip. Not that I wouldn't have sought it out, because I'm a junkie and huge fan of Tony Allen to boot.First and foremost he was the backbone of a revolution...
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Fela Kuti is a household name for music lovers around the world, and so are his son Femi, and his drummer Tony Allen. I dare say, however, that their country, Nigeria, is quite the _terra incognita_ even to the well-traveled friend of world music. It is in theory one of the richest countries in sub-saharan Africa (loads of oil), also the most populous; but such is the state of that state that i...
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Track Themes: "Afro Disco Beat" by Tony AllenIn the Last King of Scotland, charasmatic young Scots actor James McAvoy plays the personal physician of mass-murdering Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. As if that wasn’t dangerous enough, McAvoy’s character incurs the wrath of Amin by playing doctor and nurses with the wrong woman. While he dances with the devil, the soundtrack pumps out the sexy as hell
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Bassline announcing its arrival, percussive tone arranging the mystery, Horn heightening its spirituality and the organ warming the set-apart atmosphere. This offbeat trance, has become a shrine that we hope to hear hailed, and sound-resembling in city night shift clubs and underground dance scenes....!Minor keys calling us into the dimension of a jazz-like... as staccato drum-set frames the ar...
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Disclaimer-Thanks to World Circuit for hooking me up with the album version of the new Tony Allen single.Dear Groove Merchants,Now that I'm the first kid on my block to get a taste, I'm hooked. The Evil Music Crack Dealers have me in their grip. Not that I wouldn't have sought it out, because I'm a junkie and huge fan of Tony Allen to boot.First and foremost he was the backbone of a revolution...
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Many words have been written about Fela on MOG and in the real world, and for a real good reason. Folks feel his music, empathize with his struggle, and champion his icon status. The majority of his records have been re-issued, he's been celebrated with tribute albums and US musicians are forming Afro-Beat ensembles. His talented son also carries on the afro-beat legacy and is hugely popular with
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The buzz has it that Tony Allen is the world's best drummer because he can play a different rhythm with each limb. So when the BBC's 'The Culture Show' interviewed him last night, the first thing Lauren Laverne asked him was to demonstrate. Instantly he started a grooving Afrobeat with each hand and foot playing a different time. The best part was that it sounded smooth and easy.Allen was one of t
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Keepin it Funky, from Tony's recent release, Secret Agent.From Wiki:Tony Oladipo Allen (born August 12, 1940 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter.As drummer and musical director of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's band Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, Tony Allen was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music. Fela once stated that, "without Tony Allen, there w...
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OK, there's no bestiality. But if Cody and those guys can go for the search engine gold, why not me? My apologies to anyone who came here seeking wank fodder. (And to anyone who came here because they typed "wank fodder" into the search line.)Now that we've gotten this mid-level deception out of the way, you may be wondering what you're listening to here. It's the remarkable Nigerian drummer To...
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