Fela Kuti (musician)
Henry Cole.
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In curating this show we have attempted a synaesthetic combination of visual art and music ... We wanted to address the importance of the next big scarcity in the world: water. Water is our lifeline. Combining the work of visual artists and music, it was our aim to create an avant-garde contemporary interpretation of Fela Kuti's masterpiece.
When I got into Fela in college, there were only a couple of CDs you could get, a couple of Japanese and European imports ... Now there are reissues and books, exhibits in museums, but it is still a challenge of this musical to reach people completely unfamiliar with this man’s great music.
How can you explain what Fela was like — the way he moved and sang and spoke — this man who had 27 wives and was such a great musician that the Beatles even came to visit him?More quotes »
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about Fela at the Ordway: It’s Lagos, Nigeria—the late 70s. The hottest musician in Africa is Fela Kuti. His club he calls The Shrine. But it’s no ordinary club; and he’s no ordinary musician. He’s created a new kind of music, Afrobeat – pounding eclectic 1:01 AM from WCCO Read more »
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Tune-Yards and Questlove Cover Fela Kuti for Charity...
have teamed with the Roots’ ?uestlove, rapper Akua Naru, and African singer Angélique Kidjo for a cover of Fela Kuti’s “Lady”, to be included on a new Fela tribute compilation, Red Hot + FELA from the Red Hot Organization and the (RED) initative. Both not-for-profit from The Daily Swarm Read more »
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Womad 2012: Femi Kuti joins Robert Plant and Jimmy Cliff at festival
will perform at the world music festival in Charlton Park, Wiltshire. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei The Nigerian musician Femi Kuti, whose funk interpretation of his father Fela's afrobeat has brought him to a new generation of fans, will be appearing at the from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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BN Bytes: ?uestlove, Angelique Kidjo, Akua Naru and tUnE-yArDs Make a Cover of Fela Kuti’s “Lady” For Charity
HIV contraction by 2015 called (RED) Rush To Zero which starts on June 1st. Also, as part of this partnership, a new Fela Kuti compilation “(Red) Hot + FELA” will be released. This compilation will feature a cover of Fela’s “Lady” performed by the celebrity from Bella Naija Read more »
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tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove to Cover Fela Kuti's "Lady" for Charity
singer Angelique Kidjo as part of a compilation for charity. According to Pitchfork, the artists will record a cover of Fela Kuti’s “Lady,” which will be included on Red Hot + FELA. The album is part of the Red Hot Organization and (RED)’s initiative to raise from Pate Magazine Read more »
