Afrobeat is music of the world, yet calling it “world” music is like using the word “alternative” to describe rock ’n’ roll. It falls so short, cheapening the style and the work musicians have done ...

This Friday, April 12, The Budos Band will release their fifth studio album, aptly titled V, following up 2014’s Burnt Offering. On the new tracks, the formerly NYC-based outfit (since their last ...

On their new CD, Iowa City septet Eufórquestra is, by all appearances, an Afrobeat band, playing the style of music – a mix of Nigerian chants and American jazz and funk – popularized by the late Fela ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - In a small, trendy New York bar, a 10-piece band is jamming furiously, entertaining an audience with the rhythms of 1970's inner city Lagos, Nigeria, created by the father ...

Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra will finally be able to convey its soulful message off the dance floor. And it will celebrate with a party, naturally. Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra is one of the top local ...

But Fela Kuti and his music were a revelation to the seasoned veteran. "It was like lightning," he says. "I thought, 'Why haven’t I heard this before? How did this escape me?!'" Afrobeat has elements ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Santiago, Chile-based band Newen Afrobeat’s songs are infused with themes to do with ecology, indigenous and women’s rights, and cultural ...

Other afrobeat records have also been the subject of reissue campaigns. Seun’s older brother, Femi, also has a band and has been touring for decades, last visiting Dallas six years ago at House of ...

It is Felabration 2017 and 20 years after his death, the legacy of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti is showing no sign of slowing down at all. Apart from his conscious music and unique melody, Fela would be ...

Apparently June is Afrobeat Month in Seattle. By sheer coincidence — or divine/funky provenance — this month we celebrate the horn-driven, percussion-mad genre with concerts by its most revered ...

To my ear, the new album sounds like a natural progression from Burnt Offering, with maybe more of a touch of what you guys were doing earlier on. It’s interesting that you had I through III, then ...