Muyiwa Kunnuji & Osemako
https://amf.didiermary.fr/muyiwa-kunnuji-osemako/
Baptized into the style of the precursors of 50s to 90s, Muyiwa Kunnuji is influenced by Afrobeat, Highlife, the Yoruba & Ogu rhythms, Jazz, Blues, Gospel.
Muyiwa, a self-taught trumpeter, has played with Fela Kuti, later on Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Tony Allen & many other bands of note. […]
Fela Kuti – Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-teacher-nonsense-live/
Fela Anikulapo Kuti (and young Femi on sax) with Egypt 80: “Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense” live in England, at Glastonbury in 1984.
Compilation “Afro Baby – The Evolution of the Afro-Sound in Nigeria 1970-1979”
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afro-baby/
Nigeria in the 1970s had one of the biggest recording industries on the continent as well as one of the most diverse. The fusion of African rhythms and culture with jazz, funk, soul and rock was an Africa wide phenomenon but nowhere was […]
#70smusic #Compilation #FelaKuti #Highlife #Nigeria #OrlandoJulius #AfroBeat
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Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997)
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Kokoroko – Carry Me Home (2020)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-carry-me-home/
“Before melody or harmony, there’s rhythm,” cites Sheila Maurice-Grey, the band leader of Kokoroko, when speaking to Dele Sosimi about musical structure. A profound statement that is reflected through the sonic depths of their hypnotically bracing new single, ‘Carry me home’. The track was inspired by conversations with the masterful Sosimi, whose technical ability […]
Kokoroko – Could We Be More
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-could-we-be-more/
“Could We Be More” is an expansive and ambitious album that speaks to the force of Kokoroko.
Each song possesses the energy which so naturally underpins the heartbeat of Kokoroko’s identity – deftly moving through afrobeat, highlife, soul, and funk across the album’s 15 tracks and taking inspiration from a plethora of other influences from within […]
Kokoroko – Baba Ayoola
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-baba-ayoola/
“Baba Ayoola”, released in November 2020, was written as a tribute to the grandfather of Kokoroko’s alto saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi and is “an invitation to celebrate life.” It’s their their first single since the sublime “Carry Me Home” in February of the same year.
Opening with the elevating vocal harmonies of the front women, […]
Kokoroko – Tuff Times Never Last
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-tuff-times-never-last/
London-based octet Kokoroko announced their second studio album “Tuff Times Never Last”, a nod to nostalgia and endurance, with the release of “Sweetie” a few weeks ago, first new music since their EP “Get The Message.” The album is now available!
“Tuff Times Never Last” is a spirited and vibrant collection of songs […]
Kokoroko – Something is Going On
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-something-going-on/
The London-based jazz collective Kokoroko released a new track exploring health crisis immobility: “Something is Going On”.
Inspired by the enforced stillness and unsettling existential crises collectively experienced through this ongoing global pandemic. The song opens with a twinkling promise of a new era, an ethereal sensation that escapes reality, suddenly drumrolls and crashes, [...]
Kokoroko – We Give Thanks
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-we-give-thanks/
8-piece band Kokoroko released their long-awaited debut album “Could We Be More” in August 2022. Could We Be More is an expansive and ambitious album that speaks to the force of Kokoroko.
Each song possesses the energy which so naturally underpins the heartbeat of Kokoroko’s identity – deftly moving through afrobeat, highlife, soul, and funk across […]
Kokoroko - Sweetie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDrS1qrHllE
London-based octet announce their second studio album, Tuff Times Never Last, with the release of “Sweetie.”
More music: https://amf.didiermary.fr/?s=kokoroko
Fela Kuti – Expensive Shit
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-expensive-shit-water-no-get-enemy/
The song refers to an incident in 1974 in which the Nigerian police planted a hemp joint on Fela Kuti in order to arrest him for narcotics charges. As the police converged upon his compound, Fela ate the joint. He was taken to a police station, so that they could “test” him for THC the […]
The album, released in 1975, also contains "Water No Get Enemy", based on a Yoruba proverb.
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Emi Aluta
Live session in Rio de Janeiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLiMys0Ddlg
"The track is a frenetic ode to the spirit of the struggle against bad political leadership."
From latest album ‘Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head)’
https://amf.didiermary.fr/heavier-yet-seun-kuti/
Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra
https://amf.didiermary.fr/warsaw-afrobeat-orchestra/
Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra (WAO) push their own sound, rooted in Lagos while adding their own unique flavors.
Formed in 2012, the 10-piece band consists of musicians that have worked and collaborated with each other in different projects ranging from Rock, Jazz, Folk, Reggae and Funk in the ever-evolving and musically diverse underground music scene in […]
#AfroFunk #altRock #Jazz #Remixed #Afrobeat #Poland #Blaugust
Fela Kuti’s 1972 classic, “Lady.”
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-lady/
Shakara is a two-track release of 13-minute songs that showcase Fela’s satirical side.
“Lady,” perhaps one of Fela’s most popular tracks, criticizes westernized African women who he felt had been corrupted by their embrace of the new feminist movement of the time.
“Shakara” is another lyrically lambasting track that takes […]
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – Rejoice
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rejoice-tony-allen-hugh-masekela/
When Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela met in the 70s, during Apartheid, they talked about recording together. They had to wait till 2010 to work together in the UK, but the sessions were unfortunately archived.
Finally, Rejoice has been released. After Masekela passed away in 2018, [...]
#FullAlbum #HughMasekela #Jazz #Nigeria #Remixed #SouthAfrica #TonyAllen #Afrobeat #AfroJazz
Fela Kuti – Zombie
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-zombie/
Zombie was released around 76/77. It’s one of the iconic Fela’s songs, a harsh critique of the Nigerian soldiers who blindly follow, usually inhumane, orders.
Fela paid a big price for this bold condemnation of the military institution.One thousand members of the Nigerian army attacked and burnt down his house after the release of the […]
The Shaolin Afronauts – Follow The Path
https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-shaolin-afronauts-follow-the-path/
The driving force of The Shaolin Afronauts is Ross McHenry, composer, bandleader, producer and bassist based in Adelaide.
2011’s debut album “Flight Of The Ancients” was a critical and commercial success story. The follow up “Quest Under Capricorn” further cemented the bands reputation for forging their own very particular sound. [...]
Franck Biyong – Fe Bain
https://amf.didiermary.fr/franck-biyong-fe-bain/
From album Ki I Ye Yi (“The one who doesn’t know knows” in Basaa language) by Franck Biyong.
“Fe Bain, also known as Fai Mbu, is a frantic cover of a track produced by Manu Dibango for the great Cameroon singer & trombonist Francis Ndom, for the 1982 ‘Fleurs Musicales du Cameroon‘ compilation.”
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Far from Perfection · Etuk Ubong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joHjmoxBzFY
More on AMF: https://amf.didiermary.fr/etuk-ubong-africa-today/
Dey – Seun Kuti Feat. Damian Marley
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rss-club/dey-seun-kuti-damian-marley/
Dey, produced by Lenny Kravitz, with Damian Marley as author, is the first single from the upcoming album by Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head), expected on October 4. Afrobeat for sure!
“This is the first time that Kutis and Marleys have collaborated and recorded together.”
More on AMF: https://amf.didiermary.fr/heavier-yet-seun-kuti/
Kujenga - Ransome
https://kujenga.bandcamp.com/album/ransome
Tribute to Fela...
More on AMF: https://amf.didiermary.fr/rss-club/kujenga-in-the-wake/
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Seun Kuti – IMF
https://amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-imf-long-way-beginning/
Seun Kuti released his album “A long way to the beginning” in 2014, with the single IMF, an acronym that stands in the context of the song for “International MotherFuckers.”
At a recent, exhilarating and triumphant concert in Memphis by the Afrobeat star Seun Kuti, son of the late Fela and leader of his father’s […]
Anelis – Sonhando Feat. Karina Buhr
https://amf.didiermary.fr/anelis-sonhando-karina-buhr/
Normally existing between rap, downtempo and Brazilian influences, Anelis Assumpção samples Fela Kuti’s “Mr. Grammarticalogylisationalism Is the Boss” on this song featuring Karina Buhr. [...]
Tony Allen – Film of Life
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-film-life/
“For his tenth album [‘Film Of Life’ in 2014], the human metronome of afrobeat has pulled out all the stops.“
At his side are The Jazzbastards, a trio of producers at the cutting edge of contemporary sound, and fellow world-class musicians, including Damon Albarn, who […]
