Afro-Beat artists and groups

Country : Nigeria

Style creates by Fela in the Seventies and characterized by a rhythm derived from the traditional Yoruba music, with a brass section inspired from jazz.

Representative songs examples for Afro-Beat

• Beng Beng Beng (Femi Anikulapo Kuti)Sun/NeXT audio (210 K)

Afro-Beat Videos

Afro-Beat Video clips (YouTube y DailyMotion)

Artists or Bands

Afrodizz(1)  -  Akeïkoi From Connexion(1)  -  Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble(0)  -  Alariwo(1)  -  Antibalas(5)  -  Aphrodesia(0)  -  Ayetoro(0)  -  Black Pyramids(0)  -  Chief Cook(0)  -  Dele Sosimi(0)  -  Fanga(1)  -  Fela Anikulapo Kuti(35)[text]  -  Femi Anikulapo Kuti(4)[text][audio]  -  Fire Tongue(1)  -  Ghetto Blaster(1)  -  Guya Tchendo(0)  -  Henri Dieng(0)[text]  -  Ikwunga(1)  -  Inemo(0)  -  Jujuba(0)  -  Kokolo(0)  -  Kola Ogunkoya(2)  -  Lagbaja(5)[text]  -  Lucky Stars Band(0)[text]  -  Segun Damisa(0)  -  The Daktaris(1)  -  Tony Allen(13)[text]  -  

Various Artists

Afro Beat No Go Die(1)  -  Afrobeat(1)[text]  -  Club Africa(2)[text]  -  Ghana Soundz(2)  -  Nu Afrobeat Experience(1)  -  

News : Afro-Beat artists and groups

Police Battle 'Corpse Thieves' in Lagos Cementries
It was the late Afro beat maestro, Fela Anikulapo Kuti who sang the song in the 1990's. He sang the song, Double wahala for dead body and the owner of dead body.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-09-29 12:49:04.0

Uganda: Dancing Their Way to the Kingdom
The Kingdom Dancers quietly celebrated eleven years of existence this year. In their meek way they have decided to undertake a music risk by moving away from the customary Afro-Beat that has won several Ugandan musicians a lot of plaudits at home and lots of money abroad.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-09-11 16:43:02.0

Cameroon: Ihims Puts Together Second Album
This new Album titled Achu, advocating national integration, stands alone as one of the few authentic original afro-beat albums in this age of rap and funk.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-08-19 11:00:46.0

Uganda: Mipakuko Targets Top Music Spot
Charles Mipakuko, 27, is cutting out his image as an upcoming Afro-beat artiste, although not in the footsteps of his idol Paul Kafeero (RIP).
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-08-04 08:54:35.0

Australian Urban Roots Band Blue King Brown Will tour North America in Summer 2008
Blue King Brown from Australia, will be touring North America when they bring their power packed live show to venues in August of 2008. Hard hitting Urban roots music in the truest sense, with dub, hip hop, afro beat, Latin and soul influences Blue King Brown, already a huge success in Australia and Japan, are now hitting US and Canadian soil armed with words and music that reflects the past, acknowledges the present and represents the future.
 
 Sharing stages across the world with the likes of Damien 'Jr gong' Marley, Santana, The John Butler Trio, Michael Franti and Spearhead has brought this incredible band's craft to a higher level and a diverse market reach. Peter Gabriel's WOMADelaide, Big Day Out, and Al Gore's Live Earth 2007 are just some of the highlighted festivals that have given Blue King Br...
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-07-22 07:03:20.0

Uganda: Chameleone Disappoints Amsterdam
What people in the Diaspora did to singer Jose Chameleone, only God knows! The Afro-beat singer once again failed to show up for a concert in Amsterdam. He was expected to land at Schiphol Airport on Tuesday but fans waited in vain.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-07-03 16:13:10.0

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Make West coast Debut at Grand Performances' California Plaza
The youngest son of Nigerian world music icon Fela Kuti will be performing at Grand Performances' California Plaza  Friday, June 20 at 8 pm. Seun Kuti continues his father’s Afro beat sound with the original and legendary Egypt 80.
 
 Seun Kuti has been leading his late father’s band Egypt 80 since he was 15 years old. His performances have been called “spellbinding”. His movements and vocal intonations seem to channel his father’s very essence on stage. Blend in Egypt 80’s pungent blend of funk and jazz with a Nigerian sensibility - reminiscent of James Brown but grittier – and one is wrapped in an explosive,...
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-06-15 12:07:50.0

Above and Beyond
RED HOOK HAPPENINGS A sunset picnic and film festival kick off the Red Hook Waterfront Arts Festival on June 6. It continues the next day with performances by the pirate-puppet-and-rock act Jollyship the Whiz-Bang, the Asian-Afro-beat ensemble Amayo’s Fu-Arkist-Ra, the salsa duo . . .
Source : newyorker.com | 2008-06-02 06:00:00.0

The Budos Band Brings Afrobeat to Manhattan

The Budos Band Will perform this Thursday March 27th at World Music Venue S.O.B.’s. Chico Mann will be the special guest. The Budos Band hails from Staten Island (New York) and offers a pioneering mix of Afrobeat music and Soul. A twelve-piece group that includes horns, drums and a chékere, the band is obviously comfortable with a sound that effortlessly highlights its numerous instruments.

The group has been described as “the un-heralded emperors of Instrumental Staten Island Afro-Soul”. Their debut album, The Budos Band , was heralded as a groundbreaking exploration of funk, afro-beat and soul music and the second effort released i...
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-03-26 11:43:49.0

Africa: Rap Till You Drop?
Don't take things for granted! Not everyone who sings in Uganda today will be famous. While Reggae/Ragga, RnB, Afro-beat and Kadongo-Kamu continue to garner a following domestically, Hip-Hop music or rap is stagnant.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-02-21 19:04:30.0

Straight Outta Sierra Leone
February 15, 2008 - The funky afro-beat/reggae band, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, formed while in West African refugee camps filled with Sierra Leoneans who fled the nation's brutal civil war. Fa...
Source : venezuelastar.com | 2008-02-16 00:01:34.0

Refugee All Stars: Straight Outta Sierra Leone
The funky afro-beat/reggae band, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, formed while in West African refugee camps filled with Sierra Leoneans who fled the nation's brutal civil war. Farai Chideya talks with two members of the group -- Reuben and Black Nature -- about the healing power of West African reggae and soul.
Source : npr.org | 2008-02-15 16:33:00.0

Rocky Dawuni & the Revelation Project at Afro Roots in Hollywood
Los Angeles (California), USA - Ghanaian Afro Roots ambassador, Rocky Dawuni is set to take the stage at The Roxy on Saturday, January 12th in a special Los Angeles concert performance on Saturday, January 12th - 9pm. Having blazed trails around the world throughout 2007 Dawuni will bring his Revelation Project band to Hollywood before heading back to Ghana for his annual concert festival celebrating his native country’s independence.
 
 Dawuni is one of Africa’s most popular musicians and activists. Fans of his progressive fusion of Reggae, Afro Beat, traditional African sounds, and Hip Hop neo-griotism span the globe and tastemakers from KCRW to the BBC and Radio call his sound “infectious” and “classic.” His most recent CD release ...
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2008-01-07 12:25:46.0

Edition from December 18th 2007 to January 8th 2008 - MASSAK

Franck Biyong and his Massak band release their first fully-fledged album Haiti Market. A sumptuous collage of Afro-Beat, soul, funk and jazz by this little-known Franco-Cameroonian combo.
Source : mondomix.com | 2007-12-18 13:23:38.0

Nigeria: Felabration Kicks Off
The growing number of activities to celebrate Afro beat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti continues death, even 10 years after his demise. Indeed, his fame is on a glorious flight and his larger than life image is ever ascending. Little wonder his followers would not let certain days tied to memory pass unnoticed. The tow most celebrated dates in rememberance of Fela are August 2, when he passed on and October 15, the day he was born. And since many like to think Fela Lives, the tendency is to pay more attention to the day he was born.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-10-01 15:42:21.0

Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land
San Francisco (California), USA - Champeta is the riotous Afro-Colombian street sound of Colombia's Caribbean coast - a powder-keg of rhythms from local slave descendents brewed together with Congolese soukous, Ghanaian highlife, and Nigerian Afro-beat. Three years in the making Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land (TUGCD1035) finds Colombian Champeta stars Viviano Torres, Luis Towers and Justo Valdez jamming with African legends Dally Kimoko, Diblo Dibala, Sekou Diabate , Nyboma and Rigo Star, bringing Afro-Colombian grooves back home to African soil. Afro-Latin rhythms have never sounded like this before....
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2007-09-07 08:24:14.0

Uganda: Alpha Praise Invades La Bonita
THE Alpha Praise choristers launched their Gospel album, Ntendereza at Theatre La Bonita on Sunday. Although entrance was free, the good turnout, after the day's heavy downpour, proved that the mass choir, which is based at Praise Christian Centre, Sheraton Hotel, was highly endeared. The first song, Ntendereza set the mood for the audience. Lovers of R'n'B, urban contemporary praise, dance hall, Afro-beat and Kwasa Kwasa, were all catered for.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-08-15 12:39:26.0

Uganda: QM Ventures into Afro Beat
QM'S venture into hip-hop seven years ago did not do much to catapult him into the limelight. The singer, whose real name is Davis Businge, launched his career with Bakiliza, but unfortunately, radio stations found no reasons to include it on their play lists.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-07-27 13:06:33.0

Live Tonight: Nigeria's Femi Kuti in Concert
A veritable superstar in his native Nigeria, Femi Kuti is the standard bearer for Afro-beat, the blend of American jazz and funk with African percussion and vocals pioneered by his father, Fela Kuti in the 1970s.
Source : npr.org | 2007-07-14 00:12:00.0

Femi Kuti and Gogol Bordello on NPR Music’s Live, Online Concert Series
National Public Radio (NPR) Music’s concert series continues with three live, online concerts. NPR Music All Songs Considered’s Bob Boilen hosts the online concerts: July 13 – Femi Kuti; July 16 – Travis; July 18 – Gogol Bordello. All concerts begin at approximately 8:00 pm ET. (The times are subject to change). The concerts will be carried live from Washington, D.C.’s renowned 9:30 Club, and archived at www.NPR.org/liveconcerts
 
 Nigeria’s Femi Kuti is part of a musical legacy. As the oldest son of Afro-beat pioneer Fela ...
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2007-07-10 12:30:03.0

Afro-Beat Genius Femi Kuti Touring the US This Summer

"One of the true giants of African music."

Femi Kuti 4 June, 2007 Like father, like son. Femi Kuti is the undisputed inheritor of the genius of Nigerian Afro-beat superstar Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. His version of Afro-beat is the most exciting sound to ... via Guitar Player

Source : topix.net | 2007-06-05 06:39:04.0

Uganda: Kasule the New Kid on the Scene
BOBBIN Kasule, a gospel turned secular artiste is one of the new comers on our ever-expanding local music scene. He recently released his first single, Byetuyisemu, a mixture of Afro-beat, reggae and R&B that addresses trials and tribulations in a relationship.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-06-01 17:22:05.0

Femi Kuti American Tour
Afro beat genius, Femi Kuti touring the US this summer supporting the 2CD set Definitive Collection: Femi Kuti.
Source : africahit.com | 2007-05-12 07:16:00.0

DK Set To Rock Jazz Tone
Said to have emerged from the underground world of creative impulses and expressions, DK, aka His Poetic Madness Osei Yaw Emmanuel Dickson quickly gaining notoriety and widespread recognition as a promising young poet and lyricist.

And come this Tuesday night at 7:30pm on PoetiGh Tone, a weekly poetry segment at Jazz Tone-the premiere jazz club in Ghana-this charismatic and free-flowing lyricist will put up a dazzling show that people will remember for centuries to come.

The concert dubbed Live On Stage would be what DK himself calls fusions-a blend of Afro-beat, hip hop, poetry and high life as well. What he intends to achieve through this fusion is to harmonize the African continent and use his creative abilities to foster unity, development and progress.

DK, born two and a half decades ago in Liberia abut raised in Ghana started his active public performance while yet a student at the University of Ghana, Legon. He also has to his credit some tremendous performances in well renowned pubs in London and Canada. His concerts are always a splendid pectacle to behold and as such attracts large audiences from all walks of life.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-10 15:18:13.0

Otrabanda Records Release Bokor Beats
Otrabanda Records joins in the celebrations of 50 years of Ghana's status as an independent nation on March 6, 2007 with the release of BOKOOR BEATS - Vintage afro-beat, afro-rock and electric highlife from Ghana (OTB08), its third CD of Ghanaian music.

March 6, 1957 heralded an upsurge in the production of all forms of local music. A great deal of Ghana's rich musical traditions have been documented, recorded and played by the musician/musicologist Professor John Collins.

His own Bokoor Band, founded in the 1970s, was at the forefront of blending western pop with indigenous African rhythms and musical traditions, inaugurating the first generation of so-called Afropop.

By the time it had disbanded Collins transformed it into Bokoor Studios where he went on to record over 200 artists in various genres including palmwine and electric highlife, afro-beat, afro-rock, afro-jazz, gospel, reggae and traditional drumming.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-07 22:59:08.0

Rwandan Girl Finally Accepted in Uganda
SANDRA Kaligirwa's first song was Nyina Wumuntu, a worthwhile, but hardly commercial Afro beat single, about two years ago.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-05-04 12:52:51.0

50th Anniversary Celebrated Through Music
Otrabanda Records joins in the celebrations of 50 years of Ghana's status as an independent nation on March 6, 2007 with the release of BOKOOR BEATS - Vintage afro-beat, afro-rock and electric highlife from Ghana (OTB08), its third CD of Ghanaian music.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-05-03 19:18:22.0

Fela Remembered at His Complete Works Launch
It was an evening of tributes last Friday as devotees of the late Afro-beat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti converged in his honour at the Agip Recital Hall of the MUSON Centre in Onikan, Lagos.
Source : africahit.com | 2007-03-29 13:19:00.0

Uganda: Lover Dee in Town
UNITED Kingdom-based Ugandan Afro-beat artist Lover Dee is in town to launch his second album, Mamboot U Life in Verina Gardens, Kasese. Lover Dee will perform alongside Blood Fire Crew and Lady Mafia.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-03-23 07:57:05.0

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