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The excellent K7 subsidiary Strut Records continues itsInspiration Information series, in where the label pairs up modern artists withtheir sonic heroes for one-off collaborative jams of magnanimou... Read more

And the simple reason for that is, no one else can do what Tony Allen does. Aged 69, he's still the only person who can play the Afrobeat he invented during his time driving Fela Kuti's band, Afric... Read more

Afrikaner kommen nach Amerika. Afrikaner machen Musik. Musik wird von den Weißen aufgegriffen, assimiliert und weich gespült. Weiße kommen nach Afrika, bringen ihre Musik mit, die ursprünglich von ... Read more

SPROIIINNNGGGGG! That will be the sound of genres being busted all over town then, as this collaboration between Fela Kuti’s drummer Tony Allen and Jimi Tenor combines Afrobeat with Funk, Acid-Jazz... Read more

In the beginning there was rhythm and that rhythm began in the Motherland. Unless you’re waxing nostalgic to a Martian, that means Africa. And you pretty much can’t say “Hey” about African music wi... Read more