Ever wondered where the intoxicating sound of Family Atlantica comes from? We asked Luzmira Zerpa and Jack Yglesias (founder members of the band) to share with us some of their music influences and inspirations and the following video playlist is a journey to discover el ritmo de la Familia! Don’t miss the opportunity to...
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View Iñaki Martinez bio here A blend of African Afrobeat and Latin Funk tunes from Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba and more. Track list: Intro / Fela Kuti – Lady (Iñaki M. Remix) 00:00 Renegades of Jazz – Comencemos (Jungle Fire Remix) 02:37 Aja Wondo – Uppers International (Iñaki M. Remix) 06:50 Banda Black Río –...
Area Boys – Palmwine Guitars and Ngoma Rhythms Area Boys are taking you back in time, opening the vault for a special selection of our best classic dancefloor fillers. A journey through the African continent, starting in featuring mesmerising Highlife from by the legend and innovator Eric Agyeman and Hedzoleh Soundz...
If you want to pay tribute to one of the most renowned and influential musicians, you need to do it good and proper, and that’s what Dele Sosimi and music partners staged at the Electric Ballroom for Felabration 2016. The London-based Nigerian keyboard player, accompanied by his orchestra and a...
It goes without saying that the best way to remember and pay tribute to a musician, his music and legacy, is playing his tunes. That’s why every year, every 7th of October, in Lagos, like in Osaka and Reykjavik, it’s Felabration: a day, or better, a night in honour of...
Paying tribute to one of the all time kings of music is no easy feat, however there are few as up the job as afro jazz pioneer Bukky Leo & Black Egypt, and few venues as apt as The Jazz Cafe. Approaching Fela’s eclectic back catalogue with their unique acid...
It’s not every day that you witness one of the most famous libraries in the UK (and one of the most important cultural centres in London) being transformed into the Shrine, the mythical Lagos club from which the legendary figure of Fela Kuti emerged in the late 1970s – yet...
You might not have been lucky enough to witness Fela Kuti perform while he was alive. But now you can experience the rhythmic force that blew his audience away once more at Felabration, hosted by the British Library to mark the Afrobeat master’s birthday. Felabration is a way to pay...