Fela Kuti
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
A crucial double LP compilation of jazz/ funk/ reggae tracks by Jamaican "keyboard king" Jackie Mittoo has just been reissued. We'll hear two tracks from that today, alongside cuts from London… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
French psych-rock duo Liminanas have just made an "imaginary road movie" album with techno DJ/ producer Laurent Garnier. Grant says it's good, but not as good as past work, so we hear a couple of… Audio
Worlds Of Music 14 July, 2018
On Worlds of Music this week Trevor features music from far Episode 93 features music from as far afield as Lapland, Nigeria and Elcho Island in Northern Australia, he also revisits an interview with… Audio
Where The Gods Are In Peace by Antibalas
Nick Bollinger lends an ear to an Afrobeat fable from New York ensemble Antibalas. Audio
Where The Gods Are In Peace by Antibalas
Nick Bollinger lends an ear to an Afrobeat fable from New York ensemble Antibalas.
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Interview: Seun Kuti | WOMAD 2016
Trevor Reekie discusses afrobeat's legacy with Seun Kuti at WOMAD 2016. Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 32
Fela Kuti gets a Broadway makeover, Stephen Malkmus in conversation with Samuel Flynn Scott and Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz. Audio
Adesola Osakalumi
Star of the show 'Fela!' which is being presented at the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio
Adura Onashile: Henrietta Lacks
Adura Onashile is the co-creator and performer of HeLa, a solo show about the woman whose cancer cell sample, taken without her permission, was used as the raw material for some of the most important… Audio
Womad 2014 Live: Femi Kuti, Airileke
Interviews and performance highlights from one of the giants of African music, Femi Kuti; and Airileke who combine traditional Melanesian percussion sounds with modern beats and samples. Audio
Adventures In Musicland: Fela Kuti
Following a trip to West Africa, Auckland-based DJ Barnie Duncan presents the story of the charismatic, hypnotic and electric performer who invented the afrobeat sound of West Africa and became… Audio
