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WOMAD 2023
by Martin Longley
WOMAD Charlton Park, Malmesbury England July 27-30 2023 What shall we do, if the first bands play at 1pm each day, at this, the UK's oldest and greatest global music festival? Why, we shall Taste The World, investigating a cookery demonstration performance that begins daily at noon! Artists are invited to display their regional culinary skills, a process which can vary between hands-on expertise and advised team-work. They also get to ...
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by Chris May
Femi KutiAfrica For AfricaWrasse Records2010 Two decades and more down the line with his band, Positive Force, singer and multi-instrumentalist Femi Kuti gets better and better. His take on rhythm may not be the same as that of his father--and why should it be?--but in other respects Femi is keeping Fela's musical flame alive. Positive Force is a horns heavy, ass kicking little big band; Femi's use of call and response ...
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by Nenad Georgievski
Femi Anikulapo Kuti was born in London on 16 June 1962, but he grew up in the Nigerian capital Lagos. Femi developed a real passion for music in early life, and his father, the legendary sax-star Fela Kuti, taught his son to play almost as soon as he could walk and thus learning to play an impressive array of instruments at a young age. Breaking free of his father's influence later in his career, Femi went on to fuse Afro-beat ...
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As mid-summer weekends go, this isn't an especially busy one for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, but there still are a number of noteworthy performances worth seeking out over the next few days, including the return of a popular free summer concert series and a rare visit from one of the best-known Afrobeat musicians in the world. Let's go the highlights... Saturday, July 9 On Saturday afternoon, singer Wendy Gordon and friends will return for another matinee performance ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Femi Kuti continues the Afrobeat tradition
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today's video spotlight shines on Femi Kuti, the Nigerian singer and multi-instrumentalist who's coming to St. Louis with his band Positive Force to perform on Saturday, July 9 at The Ready Room. The eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, Kuti was born in London in 1962 and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, raised mostly by his mother. He moved in with his father as a teenager, and eventually began playing saxophone and keyboards with Fela Kuti's band Egypt 80. ...
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Femi Kuti | Boulder | Review | Pics
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JamBase
By Brad Hodge Femi Kuti :: 05.09.11 :: Boulder Theater :: Boulder, Colorado The undisputed heavyweight champion of Afrobeat stopped in to the Boulder Theater for a Monday evening of educational, inspirational and highly danceable music. Being the heir to the throne of Afrobeat might have been a heavy burden for most to bear butFemi Kuti is bearing up well under the weight. Fela Kuti, Femi's father ushered Afrobeat into the world's conscious and raised the bar for world beat ...
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Femi Kuti: Tour Dates
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NEW ALBUM AFRICA FOR AFRICA OUT NOW; TOUR STARTS APRIL 19 IN TORONTO, ONTARIO Femi Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, will begin a North American run on April 19 in Toronto. The tour will hit Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia, DC, NYC, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Atlanta, San Francisco and other cities before ending on May 15 in Seattle. His latest album, Africa for Africa, is available now. TOUR DATES
APR 19 Opera House Toronto, ON APR 20 L'Astral Montreal, QC, APR ...
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Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Yael Naim and Dave Liebman Join the Jazz All-Year Round Roster
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AAJ Staff
Montreal, Monday, February 21, 2011Organizers of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, presented by TD, are proud to add concerts by Afrobeat king Femi Kuti (with The Positive Force), Franco-Israeli revelation Yael Naim and American saxophonist Dave Liebman to the roster of the Jazz All-Year Round series. Furthermore, add in the name of R&B sensation John Legend, who will open the Sade concert scheduled as part of the 32nd edition of the Festival. Tickets for these new concerts are ...
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Nigerian Authorities Shut Down Femi Kuti's Club the Shrine
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Nigerian Authorities Shut Down Femi Kuti's Club The Shrine
Femi Kuti On the eve of Femi Kuti's tour, which begins in NYC next week, Nigerian authorities have just shut down his Africa Shrine club, much as they often did to Femi's father Fela.
The Kutis say the shut-down is retaliation for the criticism Femi has launched, in posters all over Lagos, calling for the return of electricity in his impoverished neighborhood and inciting his neighbors to revolt against the ever-deteriorating ...
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Femi Kuti: Tour
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EXTENSIVE NORTH AMERICAN SUMMER TOUR BEGINS IN JUNE
Femi Kuti On June 3 in New York City, Afrobeat pioneer Femi Kuti, backed by his band the Positive Force, will begin a 24-date summer tour spanning North America, including several shows opening for the Dave Matthews Band, a headline appearance at the Hollywood Bowl and performances at the Bonnaroo, Montreal Jazz and Rothbury Music festivals. Kuti's performances will feature material from his first studio album of new material in seven years, ...
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Femi Kuti Postpones Tour Dates
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JamBase
Femi Kuti Due to illness, Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti has postponed the first leg of his U.S. tour in support of his new album Day By Day. Set to kick off on January 7 in Boston, MA, the tour will now commence on January 14 in Montreal, QC with the scheduled Boston, New York, Washington DC and Philadelphia shows postponed to a later date to be rescheduled soon.
Revised Femi Kuti Tour Dates 1/14/09 - Montreal, QC @ ...
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Femi Kuti: Day by Day
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By: Jim Welte
Femi Kuti by Nicolas Hidiroglou The mythology of Fela Anikulapo Kuti is unrivaled in music. As the story goes, the Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer stood tall in the face of vicious, politically-charged harassment from the government for nearly three decades. His Kalakuta Republic compound was raided relentlessly, including a 1977 incident in which soldiers fatally tossed his elderly mother out a window and burned and destroyed nearly every piece of Fela's livelihood. Despite ...
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