“Thank you for listening to my music” Tony Allen says humbly in the opening track of Film of Life. The Nigerian-born, Paris-based drummer/composer/songwriter/musical director best-known to Afrobeat lovers as its co-founder and pioneer alongside Fela Kuti for a long time thereafter, continues ‘Moving On’ by reminding us of past album titles from his long and legendary music career which are… Continue reading Tony Allen’s Film of Life – 2014 Music Supreme
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The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra – Credit Where Credit’s Due
At their live show at AWME last year I didn’t give The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra as much credit as they were due. At the time I was yearning for ‘purer’ sounds of Afro-beat, and I guess for the sounds of Fela Kuti himself. That desire of mine wasn’t so fair on The Public Opinion… Continue reading The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra – Credit Where Credit’s Due
‘A’ is for Afrobeat Hip Hop
I was talking music with a Texan musician recently. He told me about a few fusion music genres from the U.S. I’d never heard of and sounded great. When I later checked them out I remembered again that the very long and ever-growing list of music genres in our world, is pretty damn cool. Don’t you… Continue reading ‘A’ is for Afrobeat Hip Hop