Afrobeat

A summer mix to treat your ears

23/07/2010
By Globalism
A summer mix to treat your ears

Ambassadeurs - HIPHOPsoulAFROBEATdubstepD&BreggaeBREAKSmix by Ambassadeurs

I stumbled across SoundCloud ages ago and stored it away as 'one of those things to get back to'. It seemed like a great way for sharing music, with an attractive interface and a winning...
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Brighton Festival: This is Afrobeat! – Tony Allen

15/05/2010
By Chris Wright
Brighton Festival: This is Afrobeat! – Tony Allen

At £20 per ticket, this event deserved a better sound system, but overhearing an earnest debate on who performed the original “Burning Down The House” – Talking Heads or Tom Jones? was worth the price of admission alone. Tony Allen of course played on neither version, but as Brian Eno pointed out in his...
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Posted in Africa 70, Afrobeat, Brian Eno, Brighton Festival, Egypt 80, Fela Kuti, Funk, Fusion, Jazz, Talking Heads, Tom Jones, Tony Allen | Comments Off