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- Bassekour Kouyate and Ngoni Ba: New Album Release and U.S. Headline Tour 24 Nov 2009 11:17 GMT
... USA, I'm coming in February, 2010!" That's Malian maestro Bassekou Kouyate with a heads-up well ... visionary whose work blurs the lines between West African and American roots music, Bassekou has jammed with ...
- African pop ignites helluva 'Fela' 24 Nov 2009 09:55 GMT
... perky puppets and syrupy ballads. , the Nigerian artist-rebel whose life and music it celebrates, ... Fela pioneered Afrobeat, a juicy cocktail of African rhythms, funk, jazz and blazing horns. It became ... "International Thief Thief," Fela blasted the corrupt West African government, which brought him fame, fortune, ...
- African pop ignites helluva 'Fela' on Broadway 24 Nov 2009 10:34 GMT
... perky puppets and syrupy ballads. , the Nigerian artist-rebel whose life and music it celebrates, ... Fela pioneered Afrobeat, a juicy cocktail of African rhythms, funk, jazz and blazing horns. It became ... "International Thief Thief," Fela blasted the corrupt West African government, which brought him fame, fortune, ...
- 'Fela!': Making Music Mightier Than the Sword 24 Nov 2009 05:16 GMT
... seriously cool) energy that comes from the musical gospel preached by the title character of ... this kinetic portrait of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, a Nigerian revolutionary of song, has taken on some ... not only his life but all of Africa. The show covers a lot of biographical ...
- Making Music Mightier Than the Sword 24 Nov 2009 05:34 GMT
... seriously cool) energy that comes from the musical gospel preached by the title character of ... this kinetic portrait of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, a Nigerian revolutionary of song, has taken on some ... not only his life but all of Africa. The show covers a lot of biographical ...
- Theater Review | 'Fela!': Making Music Mightier Than the Sword 24 Nov 2009 06:05 GMT
... seriously cool) energy that comes from the musical gospel preached by the title character of ... this kinetic portrait of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, a Nigerian revolutionary of song, has taken on some ... not only his life but all of Africa. The show covers a lot of biographical ...
- "Fela!" brings African music legend to vivid life 24 Nov 2009 02:35 GMT
... is well demonstrated by "Fela!," the high-powered musical about legendary African performer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. A smash hit , ... the repressive military government of his native Nigeria. The show, as much a concert as ...
- 'Fela!' - the life of a music legend 24 Nov 2009 09:49 GMT
... famed composer-performer and political activist who revolutionized African music in the 1970s while at the same ... the repressive military government of his native Nigeria. The show, as much a concert as ...
- Fela! 24 Nov 2009 01:03 GMT
... Swinsky, Knitting Factory Entertainment presentation of a musical in two acts with book by Jim ... straight-up chronicle of the life of late Nigerian musician-activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the show is about ... iron, plastered in graffiti, posters, ancestral tributes, African totems and masks, all of it spilling ...
- At 80 and Robert Biney still rocks! 24 Nov 2009 09:19 GMT
... who helped in shaping Adolph's dream. In Ghana, the likes of Teddy Osei of Osibisa fame, George ... the works of many artistes including South African Mariam Makeba, Yakazoo from Liberia and good old William Bell. His years ...
- Fela! -- Theater Review 24 Nov 2009 02:22 GMT
... well demonstrated by "Fela!," the high-powered new musical about legendary African performer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. A smash hit Off-Broadway, ... the repressive military government of his native Nigeria. The show, as much a concert as ...
- Shazam Launches (SHAZAM)RED on App Store 24 Nov 2009 09:52 GMT
... support (RED)TM and help fight AIDS in Africa LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Shazam, the world's leading mobile ... LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Shazam, the world's leading mobile music discovery provider, today announced the availability of ... money is at work in Swaziland, Rwanda, Ghana and Lesotho. For more information, visit About ...
- Shazam Launches (SHAZAM)RED on App Store (BIZ) 24 Nov 2009 09:55 GMT
... App to give the user the ultimate music journey experience. (SHAZAM) users will enjoy unlimited ... the , to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Companies whose products take on the (PRODUCT) ... money is at work in Swaziland, Rwanda, Ghana and Lesotho. For more information, visit has ...
- Thanksgiving concert to aid West African project 23 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... were doing in a remote village in Liberia was unusual. "In the beginning, I really ... one of many organizations reaching out to Africa," said Schwiesow about Bridges of Hope, a ... Hope Village, a school and orphanage in West Africa. Today, as Hope Village approaches its fourth ...
- Fela Kuti: as B'way musical 'Fela!' set to open, guide to Afrobeat legend 23 Nov 2009 10:17 GMT
... an entire genre: Afrobeat. 4. Afrobeat fuses African jazz, funk, Ghanaian highlife and psychedelic rock. This groove-based music ... That became evident in his new band: Nigeria '70. 9. After being deported from the ...
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