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REVIEW Abayomy Afrobeat Orchestra – Abra Sua Cabeça
The 13 or so musicians who make up the Abayomy Afrobeat Orchestra’s dizzying array of saxophones, brass, keyboard and percussion... Read Article
Top 10 South American Afrobeat Jams
It’s beautiful to see how artists come together and make an international community from a musical style taken out of... Read Article
Cuñao: A Brother From Another Continent
Julio Montero came to New York from Ecuador when he was eight. His boyhood in the borough of Queens, perhaps... Read Article
REVIEW Henry Cole & The Afro Beat Collective – Roots Before Branches
It takes a certain level of self-confidence to name your band The Afro Beat Collective, as is the case with... Read Article
REVIEW Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91
As any student of Columbian music will tell you, in the 1970 and 80s, the hot sound systems of Barranquilla... Read Article
Havana Cultura — Rotoforo Fight (Remix)
Two years ago Gilles Peterson ventured to Cuba in search of Havana-based musicians. Suitably impressed with what he found he... Read Article