In Conversation With: XOA

June 2, 2016 | Oliver Cruttenden

XOA is a new project to emerge from the capital, comprising of a live band that fuse the sounds of 70’s afrobeat with modern electronica. They create deep, soulful, tropical grooves littered with guitars, percussion and analogue synths while smooth … Read More

Digging Deep: Rich Medina

July 31, 2015 | Adam Tiran 2

Rich Medina is one of those truly unique individuals in the world of music. A cooler than cool, deep and softly spoken man from New Jersey, he’s the kind of guy you’d probably have hated at school for being notably … Read More

In Conversation With: Dele Sosimi

June 17, 2015 | Adam Tiran

Dele Sosimi is one of afrobeat’s foremost patrons in 2015. Born in London to Nigerian parents in 1963, Dele’s involvement with the Afro-funk/jazz hybrid has been hugely prominent and longstanding. Moving back to Nigeria in the ’70s, Dele’s first major … Read More

WIN: 2 tickets to Finding Fela @ BFI

August 21, 2014 | Adam Tiran

Next week will see the release of Finding Fela, the new biopic on Nigerian afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti directed by Academy Award winning Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack), in cinemas across the UK. For … Read More

New Fela Kuti biopic, ‘Finding Fela’, brings afrobeat to the silver screen

August 18, 2014 | Adam Tiran

“It’s outstanding to me the number of people who still have no idea who Fela is”. These are the words of Bill T. Jones, director of the recent Broadway smash Fela!, in the opening minutes of the new biopic on … Read More

Event Review: Felabration! London

December 31, 2013 | Adam Tiran

On a bitingly cold night in December, we made our way down to 229 Great Portland Street for a celebration of a man from much warmer climes, Nigeria to be exact, and his music which stands, without doubt, as one … Read More

WIN: 2x tickets to Felabration! (London)

December 3, 2013 | Adam Tiran 2

On December 14th, the worldwide celebration of the 75th birthday of Fela Kuti, the godfather of Afrobeat, makes it way to London. It’s also the release party for the new Red Hot + Fela compilation and after spectacular soirées in … Read More