Chicago Afrobeat Project – What Goes Up (Chicago Afrobeat Project, 2017) Chicago Afrobeat Project, one of the finest Afrobeat collectives in North America, teams up…
The Groove Master and Chicago Afrobeat Project
Tag: Afrobeat
Afrobeat Band Professor Wouassa Releases Grow Yes Yes!
Swiss Afrobeat band Professor Wouassa has a new album titled Grow Yes Yes! on Matasuna Records.The album brings together the leading Swiss Afrobeat musicians.
Artist Profiles: Chicago Afrobeat Project
Chicago Afrobeat Project (CAbP) is a dynamic musical collective rooted in 1970s funk and jazz-infused afrobeat. CAbP mixes traditional afrobeat with other dance-invoking musical motifs…
Sizzling Jambú
Jungle Fire – Jambú (Jungle Fire Music/Nacional Records, 2016) Los Angeles-based Afro-Latin funk band Jungle Fire is an outstanding collective of musicians from various backgrounds…
Artist Profiles: Honoré Avolonto
Afrobeat musician Honoré Avolonto started his career in 1969 as a percussionist. The young conga player went onto become one of Benin’s most prolific composer.…
Length & Time: Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies that pertain to addressing Length…
Artist Profiles: Femi Kuti
One of the heirs of the genius of Nigerian Afrobeat superstar Fela Kuti is his son, Femi. Femi’s version of Afrobeat is the exciting new…
Artist Profiles: Fela Kuti
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, previously Ransome-Kuti, was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1938. His family belonged to the Egba branch of the Yoruba tribe. His father, like…
Artist Profiles: Kiala Nzavotunga
Afrobeat master Kiala Nzavotunga is a founding member of the band Ghetto Blaster (1984 – 2006) and Fela Kuti’s band. Kiala Nzavotunga was born in…
An Afro-Roots Experiment That Worked
Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra (Glitterbeat, 2016) Nigerian Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen recorded a set of jams rooted in Afro-rooted rhythms from Africa and Haiti that appear…