official release of the entire catalogue of Fela's 1960s band Koola Lobitos. The timing of these reissues is no accident. Fela!, Bill T. Jones and Jim...
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Artist: Various Artists Album: Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti Release Date: Out Now Label: Now-Again Tracklist: 01 Cumbia Moderna De So...
and color the likes of which Broadway hasn't seen in years. That all of this is centered around a historical ... 'Fela!' Team Celebrate the Man Behind...
-- Get your quarters up. Les Savy Fav guitarist Seth Jabour has created the soundtrack for a New York video game art project. Faile and Bast have turn...
, while soldiers threw his mother out of a window; she died from the injuries. Michael Veal, the author of 2000's "Fela: The Life and Times of an Afri...
-- KEXP, the Seattle nonprofit radio station, regularly releases compilations of bands playing live in their studios. Live at KEXP Volume Six is out n...
Photographer Settles Lawsuit Against Chris BrownA photographer who sued Chris Brown and LA Fitness for assault and battery settled his case on October...
Artist: Fela Kuti Release: Vinyl Box Set Curated by the Roots' ?uestlove Release Date: February 1 Label: Knitting Factory Records Releases included in...
than anyone with "Bad Romance," "Telephone" and "Alejandro" all landing in the network's Top 10 videos. Eminem and Rihanna's hit "Love the Way You Lie...
Altered Zonesis reporting that Questlove, known best for his production and drumming as part of the Roots, has put together a six-piece vinyl box set ...
. "The Broadway experience can be like sitting with blinders on," "Fela!" director/ choreographer Bill T. Jones says. "This is a show you enjoy as muc...
regimes. The music -- performed by the Brooklyn band Antibalas -- fuses Yoruba rhythms with big-band jazz, drums and punk. The New York Times called t...
Khalifa, Dismemberment Plan The Roots have announced the lineup for their 4th annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia on June 4th. This year's event will ...
Antibalas will release in June its first album since its members took on the role of house band for the musical "Fela!" that is currently touring the ...
had to make a living from his passion for performing. He went on to choreograph several commercials, appeared in movies like Sex and the City 2, Idlew...
Artist: Fela Kuti Album: Live in Detroit, 1986 Release Date: May 8 Label: Knitting Factory Tracklist: 01 Just Like That 02 Confusion Break Bones 03 Te...
trio. Bay Area stalwart Del the Funky Homosapien just dropped the second mixtape in his West Coast Avengers series that features 11 new tracks. In add...
tUnE-yArDs have teamed with the Roots' ?uestlove, rapper Akua Naru, and African singer Angélique Kidjo for a cover of Fela Kuti's "Lady", to be includ...
tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove rapper Ahmir Thompson and Akua Naru have joined together with African singer Angelique Kidjo as part of a compilation for charit...
The Roots' ?uestlove and tUnE-yArDs have 'teamed up":http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/06/check-out-tune-yards-and-uestlove-cover-fela-kuti-lady/ in ...
Tweet We already know that Merrill Garbus, better known as Tune-Yards, is set to play the annual Roots Picnic this summer, but now comes news of an ac...
Merrill Garbus's unhinged yawp turns out to be just about ideal for Afrobeat. The Red Hot Organization and the (RED) initiative are currently teaming ...
The critically acclaimed, award-winning production Fela! will return to New York following a multi-city world tour. Shawn Carter (Jay-Z), Will Smith a...
Former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams is joining the latest national tour of the musical "Fela!" Producers said Thursday the singer, who sta...
Former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams is joining the latest national tour of the musical "Fela!" Producers said Thursday the singer, who sta...
The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical FELA!, which deals with the life of legendary Afrobeat pioneer and political activist Fela Kuti, will begin it...
