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By Russ Slater 03 May, 2016

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

By David Bugueño 16 February, 2016

It’s beautiful to see how artists come together and make an international community from a musical style taken out of... Read Article

By Carolina Amoruso 06 June, 2013

Julio Montero came to New York from Ecuador when he was eight. His boyhood in the borough of Queens, perhaps... Read Article

By Nick MacWilliam 23 March, 2012

It takes a certain level of self-confidence to name your band The Afro Beat Collective, as is the case with... Read Article

By Gerry Hectic 12 December, 2010

As any student of Columbian music will tell you, in the 1970 and 80s, the hot sound systems of Barranquilla... Read Article

By Russ Slater 08 July, 2010

Two years ago Gilles Peterson ventured to Cuba in search of Havana-based musicians. Suitably impressed with what he found he... Read Article

By Russ Slater 11 June, 2010

Right now’s an exciting time for Lucas Silva and his label Palenque Records. Palenque Palenque! (Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots... Read Article