Archive
Newen Afrobeat plays an energetic version of Fela Kuti’s ‘Opposite People’ w/ Seun Kuti & Cheick Tidiane in Chile at the Womad Festival!
Shokazoba’s a 9 piece horn driven, funk powerhouse & their high energy music is designed to move feet, inspire the mind & activate our souls
Toxic Times’ politically charged, calling attention to the political climate in the US, police brutality, climate change & gender inequality
Future Toyi Toyi embraces South African musical protest style born out of anti-apartheid, fusing dance, jazz, gqom beats, hip hop & Afrobeat
Gúdú Gúdú Kan’s a unique musical collaboration & refers to the role the snare drum plays & its relationship w/ Ìyá Ìlù kan, or the kick drum
The Last Poets are weathervanes, warning of the future and past sins in poems that are indivisible from the rhythms they're voiced on!
‘La Piña Madura’ brings tropical Afrobeat to the table via Colombia, with a spectacular interpretation of a classic vallenato track!
Muyei Power (Muyei means ‘our country) was one of the top dance bands of the 70s in Sierra Leone fusing electric Congolese & Nigerian music!
N.U.S.U.A is an up-tempo side, heavy on percussion & Afro-Latin vibes! La Kossa has percussion for days & Afrobeat sounds that shine!
Kill Me With Bongo begins w/ powerful patterns that pulse at the start. It is a scathing critique of Nabay’s fellow émigrés’ bluffs & b.s.!
Triple Bacon is driving & energetic, yet sweet & groovy. Horns & guitar engage in a playful call/response over a bed of skillful snare work!
Brazzmatazz is a mad 18-person brass band. From their album, ‘Turbolence,’ the amazing Brazzmatazz flair is most recognizable in Draiaikolk!
Negração is about building self-love as a black woman, whilst navigating intersectional experiences of racism, sexism & classism in society.
Papalé kicks off a series of infectious melodies! MHD doesn’t always match his raps to the beat, like on Papalé where he’s in double time!