fela kuti
In Conversation With: XOA
June 2, 2016 | Oliver CruttendenXOA 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 2Rich 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 TiranDele 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 TiranNext 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 TiranOn 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 2On 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