Announced last week by Partisan Records, the 7xLP collection is limited to just 4,000 copies and will include titles co-curated by Kuti's son, Femi, and Coldplay's Chris Martin. The set features Why ...

Fela only occasionally used outside producers on his albums. Mostly, the results were good: EMI producer Jeff Jarratt's Afrodisiac (EMI, 1973), British dub master Dennis Bovell's Live In Amsterdam ...

In 2002, AIDS-awareness nonprofit Red Hot released Red Hot + Riot: A Tribute to Fela Kuti. The album included covers of the Nigerian star’s music, by a wide range of artists such as D’Angelo, ...

The Red Hot nonprofit has been one of the music industry’s most important organizations in support of AIDS relief for more than three decades, releasing a series of unique tribute albums and other ...

Twenty years ago, the AIDS-awareness nonprofit Red Hot unveiled Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti, a tribute record that recruited over three dozen artists in celebration of the ...

From the late 1970s onward, Fela's lyrics became longer, more complex and ever more confrontational. Coffin For Head Of State, first released on Kalakuta in 1981, is an outstanding example. It is one ...

Allen recorded over 30 albums with Fela and Africa '70. Today he talks about the guiding process and his journey so far. Tony Allen For many years, Tony Allen had Fela’s back. The legendary drummer ...

Over the course of his career, Fela Kuti released a massive body of work. It wasn't just the number of albums—Kuti's songs are sprawling jams that often stretch ten minutes or more, the thumping ...

The Nigerian music industry has a rich history of mercurial superstars dazzling listeners with their talents and achieving both local and international success. Burna Boy, Fela, KSA makes Rolling ...

Renowned afrobeat legend Femi Kuti has opened up about the difficult path he took after parting ways with his father, Fela Kuti’s band, in 1986 to launch his own musical career. In a recent episode of ...