The Afrobeat Show

Premiere DateDec 12, 2013
Series Page Download Sponsor: United
Categories Afropop/Afrobeat Music World
00:00 Intro
03:00 Come From Nigeria – Cacique’97
09:20 Lazzi – Guem
12:37 Conga Yeye – New Cool Collective
17:46 Mic Break
20:04 Gibbous – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
23:01 Tambou La Sonne – Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra
26:20 Fire Dance – Seun Kuti
34:27 Mic Break
35:32 Demo Crazy – Femi Kuti
42:57 Frap Frap – Organic Soul
47:12 Coba Guarango – Novalima
51:15 Mic Break
52:17 Revolution – Afrolicious
57:25 Usambara Cha Cha – Fritz Maldener Orchestra
60:16 Bicycle – African Music Machine
66:51 Accra Jump – KonKoma
70:37 Mic Break
71:37 You’ve Got To Help Yourself – Bongos Ikwue & The Groovies
75:44 Owuo Kyiri Obiaa – Alhaji K. Frimpong
81:55 Feeling You Got – El Rego Et Ses Commandos
85:36 Old From The New – Mankala Band
92:04 Mic Break
93:46 You Can Dance – Funky Mama
101:01 Soul Dive – The Liberators
105:36 Mic Break
110:14 Gentleman – Fela Kuti
121:15 Finish


BEATS. DRUMS. PASSION. SOUL. Feel the pulse of the world & tune in to DJ Meredith’s Afrobeat Show!

Seun Kuti
Mar 13 – L’Aeronef – Lille, France
Mar 14 – Vooruit – Ghent, Belgium
Mar 20 – Le Noumatrouff – Mulhouse, France
Mar 27 – Le Rocher De Palmer – Cenon, France
Mar 29 – Theatre Lino Ventura – Nice, France

Euforquestra
Dec 20 – Wooly’s – Des Moines, IA
Dec 21 – Gabe’s – Iowa City, IA
Dec 31 – Peforming Arts Center at Third (PAC 3) – Carbondale, CO
Feb 14 – Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom – Denver, CO

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Dec 12 – The Sugar Club – Dublin, Ireland
Dec 13 – The Sugar Club – Dublin, Ireland
Dec 14 – The Sugar Club – Dublin, Ireland
Dec 15 – The Sugar Club – Dublin, Ireland
Dec 31 – Arts Riot Studio – Burlington, VT
Jan 23 – New Morning – Paris, France
Jan 30 – North Sea Jazz Club – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jan 31 – Under The Bridge – Fulham, UK

Femi Kuti
Apr 17 – Cite de la Musique – Paris, France

Meredith is a DJ/producer born and raised in Staten Island, NY. She was always a collector of vast amounts of music and grew up listening to all styles, from Afrobeat to hip-hop to reggae. Growing up in the big…

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