Just when I start gloating about afrobeat legend Fela Kuti's influence permeating the underground, what should find its way ... Save this story Save this story Just when I start gloating about ...

"Sometimes it’s better to not know each other as people first and just play," says Yannis Philippakis, one of the last musicians to get on the tools with the late Afrobeat pioneer, Tony Allen. (Photo ...

But Fela Kuti and his music were a revelation to the seasoned veteran. "It was like lightning," he says. "I thought, 'Why haven’t I heard this before? How did this escape me?!'" Afrobeat has elements ...

The people loved seeing an Englishman in Africa 70. They couldn’t believe it at first. Oyinbo (white man) drummer! They would come and press money on my forehead. It was a mark of approval. It would ...

A look into the music of Fela Kuti and the genre Afrobeat. Fela Kuti has inspired musicians from all over the world from Burna Boy and Beyoncé, to Miles Davis. Sound Field dives into the musical ...

From simmering dancefloor fillers to defiant resistance anthems, we pick the best of the legendary drummer’s tracks Listen to a playlist of Ammar’s selections: Roforofo Fight is the earliest cohesive ...

In the spectrum of global music and culture, a powerful force is rising—not quietly, but with the thunderous beat of talking drums, hypnotic basslines, and unapologetic energy. Afrobeat, more than ...

Afrobeat is a genre of music that originated in Nigeria in the 1960s and 1970s. It is a fusion of West African music, jazz, funk, and soul. The genre is characterized by its complex rhythms, use of ...

Young Nigerian and German musicians joined forces at Beethovenfest for this year's DW Campus Project — making music and memories to last a lifetime. When young musicians from Nigeria and Germany took ...

Afrobeat, a vibrant genre that fuses African rhythms with elements of jazz, funk, and highlife, has captured the hearts of music enthusiasts worldwide. In the realm of Afrobeat, the question of who ...