
Seun Kuti Films Latest Video, ‘Black Woman’, in Brazil
For his latest video Seun Kuti and his Egypt 80 took a trip to Brazil, for a song that celebrates... Read Article
For his latest video Seun Kuti and his Egypt 80 took a trip to Brazil, for a song that celebrates... Read Article
The 13 or so musicians who make up the Abayomy Afrobeat Orchestra’s dizzying array of saxophones, brass, keyboard and percussion... Read Article
It’s beautiful to see how artists come together and make an international community from a musical style taken out of... Read Article
Julio Montero came to New York from Ecuador when he was eight. His boyhood in the borough of Queens, perhaps... Read Article
It takes a certain level of self-confidence to name your band The Afro Beat Collective, as is the case with... Read Article
As any student of Columbian music will tell you, in the 1970 and 80s, the hot sound systems of Barranquilla... Read Article
Two years ago Gilles Peterson ventured to Cuba in search of Havana-based musicians. Suitably impressed with what he found he... Read Article
Right now’s an exciting time for Lucas Silva and his label Palenque Records. Palenque Palenque! (Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots... Read Article