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• The Complete Fela Catalog To Be Reissued for the First Time in North America

  
  Lucid Culture — Authority: 471
  Great news for Afrobeat fans – to coincide with the new musical FELA ! opening on Broadway at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on November 23, Knitting Factory Records will not only be reissuing the entire Fela catalog on cd in digipacks with reduced images of the original artwork, they’ll also be reissuing the ...
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• The Best Of The Black President: Fela

  
  Limit Magazine — Authority: 137
  Hailing from Lagos, Nigeria, he was a revolutionary and Africa’s musical genius, the creator of Afrobeat - a genre combining traditional African highlife, jazz, James Brown funk grooves and Latin rhythms into a unique, toxic mix that is wholly his own. Fela’s politically inflammatory songs laid bare the ...
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• I WANT CC SABATHIA TO BE ON DANCING WITH THE STARS

  
  Swan Lake Samba Girl — Authority: 128
  He would be fun! Or Derek Jeter, or A-Rod, who, by the way, on the night of the second World Series game, my friends and I saw at Blue Ribbon at 6 Columbus , where we went after seeing Morphoses (review of the program B still to come!) He was with Kate Hudson, and an entourage of course. We also saw Wallace Shawn ...
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• Did Green Day Kill Neil Simon On Broadway?

  
  Broadway.tv Blog — Authority: 511
  Broadway Beach Cleared for Green Day Invasion? BROADWAY MAGAZINE – For those who saw the new revival of Brighton Beach Memoirs , it came as more than a little surprise that the production is closing after only 1 week. Excellent performances, solid direction, and a Broadway friendly script combined with positive ...
  2 weeks ago

• Celebrity Schedules Could Delay Fela! Opening

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 792
  The producers of the new musical "Fela!" are negotiating with Jay-Z and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith to put money into the show, and theyre itching to have the trio at opening night.
  2 weeks ago

• FRIDAY FUNK: Freaky Funk

  
  ill-literacy.com — Authority: 133
  This year marks our first Halloween in NYC.  The day’s never been that big of a deal, since I don’t need a government sanctioned day to dress up like a monster and ask strangers for candy.  However, it DOES give me a chance to listen to delightfully kitschy songs in the house without my roommates looking at me ...
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• Fela Marathon

  
  For The Sake Of The Song — Authority: 115
  My new blogging colleague Fil over at Star Maker Machine took on a Fela Kuti track a few days ago as part of this weeks Ghosts and Zombies Halloween theme. The song in question - the well-known Zombie of course - is a real scorcher. As he writes: "Just about any 70s Fela will do, but if you can only have one ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fela Kuti, Zombie -- Free MP3 of the Day

  
  Spinner — Authority: 740
  Filed under: Free MP3 Download of the Day Artist: Fela Kuti Songs: Zombie Album: The Best of the Black President [ iTunes ] Sounds Like : James Brown , Tony Allen Download: Zombie (MP3) [Get Winamp] [Download Help] Next MP3 Listen to the Full Album
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• Out This Week 10/27

  
  The KEXP Blog — Authority: 562
  Musical duo The Swell Season , comprised of Frames frontman Glen Hansard and Czech pianist and singer Markéta Irglová, return with a followup to their multi-award winning soundtrack to Once . The pair just performed an exclusive live set for KEXP listeners last Thursday (you can still catch in on our Streaming ...
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• FELA KUTI - ZOMBIE

  
  Let's Sexy Fighting — Authority: 113
  Tomorrow, Knitting Factory Records will be releasing a new "greatest hits" of Fela Kuti entitled, The Best Of The Black President . Fittingly for this time of year, theyve made "Zombie" available for download. Fela Kuti - Zombie Fela Kuti official site
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• Mondays mp3: Jorge Ben Meets Afrobeat

  
  SoundRoots World Music & Global Culture — Authority: 118
  CD REVIEW Cacique97: Cacique97 (Footmovin Records) The Iberian Peninsula has long been an area of shifting, merging culture, in large part because of its position as a gateway to Africa and the Ottoman world. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that the latest Afrobeat troupe to emerge comes from Lisbon, ...
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• Roy Ayers brings vibes and stuff to Atlanta’s Felabration

  
  Crib Notes — Authority: 138
  Funk-jazz vibraphonist heads up a weekend of cultural and educational events
  3 weeks ago

• Felabrations 2009

  
  Limit Magazine — Authority: 137
  Celebrating the life and music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti Giant Step has organized official Felabration events in more than 15 cities across North America throughout the month of October; these performances in tribute will bring together some of the best DJs, musicians, and promoters around to celebrate the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Fela Kuti

  
  Imponderabilia — Authority: 121
  Fela Kuti Source: VisWiki Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997), or simply Fela , was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer , pioneer of afrobeat music, human rights activist , and political maverick. [ 1 ] Biography Fela was born Olufela Olusegun ...
  4 weeks ago

• Happy Birthday Fela Kuti

  
  ill-literacy.com — Authority: 133
  Okay, I swear we’re going to drop “The HereNow” soon.  Like, as soon as I get over this food coma.  And I know I’ve been plugging our first single “Gentleman’s Kool-Aid” every cottamn day, but humor me one last time (it’s not the last time) as this day we celebrate the birth of the father of ...
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• It’s A FELABRATION B*tches!

  
  Yeah...I said it — Authority: 469
  According to folks on Twitter, it’s Fela Kuti’s birthday. Therefore, I feel like playing some of his music over here.Is this comedy? No.Do I give a sh*t? Nope. I do NOT give one single, solitary doo-doo terd.Any more questions? Didn’t think so. Just listen, and nod your head to the beat. I’ll say something ...
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• NYC Bouncers: Win Tickets To The Felabration!

  
  SOULBOUNCE.COM — Authority: 514
  October 15th is a very special day. That is the day when Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born and had he lived he would have turned 71 years old this year--and would no doubt still be rocking the stage. Fela may no longer be with us in physical form, but his musical legacy has lived on and influenced so ...
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• See Fela! on Broadway at deep discounts

  
  Eat. Drink. Memory. — Authority: 125
  FELA!, the award-winning new musical that The New York Times called "a show that melts walls" is coming to Broadway.
  6 weeks ago

• Barkley Hendricks on Nka cover

  
  Nasher Museum Blogs — Authority:
  By Trevor Barkley Hendricks is on the cover of the latest issue of Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art !  Barkley painted this portrait of revolutionary Nigerian Afrobeat musician and political activist Fela Kuti for an exhibition I curated in 2003 at the new Museum of Contemporary Art called Black ...
  8 weeks ago

• Knaan: The Messengers, Fela + Bob + Bob [kiotd]

  
  The Liberator: Blog — Authority: 125
  WHY THIS MATTERS: J. Period and Knaan have spent some sweet time concocting this tribute to a few legendary artists. A three part release, the first pays tribute to Nigerias great Fela Kuti, the second pays tribute to Jamaicas Bob Marley, and the third plays tribute to Americas/Minnesotas Bob... [[read the full ...
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