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<title>The Budos Band</title>
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<category>Retro Soul</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[New York City figures heavily in the history of soul music. In the 1960s, Atlantic Records -- with offices towering above West 52nd Street -- became home to Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding, while uptown in Harlem, young performers like Diana Ross and James Brown were getting up to do their thing at the Apollo Theater. The Budos Band is an extension of these roots. Theirs is a gritty, almost psychedelic dance sound that combines a love for soul music of the '60s, as can also be heard in Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, with a study in Fela Kuti's Afrobeat records of the following decade. <i>The Budos Band</i> was released by the retro-soul imprint Daptone in 2006 and drew comparisons to fellow New Yorkers the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra; <i>The Budos Band II</i> came fast on its heals one year later.
- Nate Baker]]></description>
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<title>Fela Kuti</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The potent political and musical force embodied by Fela Kuti exploded onto the scene in the late 1960s with a driving rhythmic force that would form Afro-Beat and ultimately change the face of African music. Kuti's explosive music drew on jazz, reggae, traditional African music and a good deal of James Brown soul to create a new style of Funk whose accents shifted in unusual ways. Driven by the percussive drumming of Tony Allen (and at one point, former Cream drummer Ginger Baker), Kuti's music meant the same to the underclass of Nigeria -- and Africa in general -- as Bob Marley's meant to Jamaica. His trumpet, keyboard, tenor and alto sax assisted his vocal shouts, arrangements and brash showmanship as he led any one of his large bands. Though he died in the late 1990s, his music lives on in the band led by his son Femi.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Femi Kuti</title>
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<category>Afrobeat</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Afro-beat lives on in the music of the Nigerian son of its inventor, Fela "Ransome" Kuti. Highly syncopated, James Brown-inflected beats create some of the earth's tightest grooves, covered in politically charged choruses of vocals and rich, barking horn bursts. Femi began his career taking over the reigns of his father's band in the early 1980s, covering while his father served time in prison -- it was two years until Amnesty International had the political prisoner freed. Following his father's death, Femi took over the band for good, taking the sound to the next generation. He's added his own touches of course, generally shortening the length of the songs and streamlining the melodies for a smoother sound. In addition, work with American DJ's has provided means for new sounds and remixes.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Antibalas</title>
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<category>Afrobeat</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:19:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of African icon Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, this fourteen-plus piece ensemble drops African roots, straight out of NYC. Their Big Band arrangement incorporates all the elements of jazz and Funk-influenced Highlife -- the genre formally known as Afrobeat, a term created by Fela's movement. Antibalas, which means "anti-bullets" or "bullet-proof," stand behind the same revolutionary and anti-capitalist beliefs. Unlike Fela, besides an occasional chant or speech, they do so almost entirely without vocals. The history of Afrobeat speaks for itself and Antibalas' dedication to the cause is truly enlightening. The members come from various cultures and professions such as teaching, design, sports, and spiritual healing.]]></description>
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<title>NOMO</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:32:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Albino</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:50:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Orgone</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:29:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Tony Allen</title>
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<category>Afrobeat</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:14:12 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ocote Soul Sounds</title>
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<category>World Pop</category>
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<title>The Pharoahs</title>
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<category>Funk</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:35:37 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For a while, Pharaohs were lost in obscure record stores, prized by collectors and unknown to most. Thankfully, their influential fusion of hearty African rhythms with funky grooves and jazzy horns has been reissued by Ubiquity Records for further generations. From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, this group -- which hovered around 11 members -- created long sprawling jams, thick with tumultuous congas, massive horn punctuations and scratchy, James Brown-style guitar. With the addition of extremely soulful singing, this Chicago-based group had the potential to become serious stars; they did not, due to a breakup in 1973. The unfortunate demise of the band was a mixed blessing in some senses, with members Charles Handy (trumpet), Louis Satterfield (trombone,) Don Myrick (alto sax), and Maurice White (drums) going on to form the foundation of the seminal group Earth, Wind & Fire.
- Kali Holloway]]></description>
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<title>Har-You Percussion Group</title>
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<category>Latin Soul</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 10:34:35 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Harlem Youth Percussion Group -- or Har-You, as they're known -- came into being in the late-1960s when several Harlem educators brainstormed ways to keep kids in school. Four years of percussion training later, the ensemble that grew out of those discussions released a one-off LP in the '70s that became a cult classic but didn't go much farther. Thanks to a re-release on the Ubiquity label in the mid-'90s, a whole new generation has been introduced to this outstanding example of Latin Soul and Funk. The rhythmic sense is incredibly mature, the drumming stellar, and the grooves are consistently in the pocket. A must-hear.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Seun Kuti</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:14:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When Fela Kuti married 28 of his backup singers and musicians back in 1978, his youngest son's mother might have been among them. A backup singer in Kuti's band, she gave birth to Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti in 1982. The young Seun (pronounced "Shehoun") literally grew up onstage: he professed his desire to play music at an early age and started sax and piano lessons, much to his father's delight. He also joined his mother in Egypt 80's chorus, singing backup in shows that would sometimes last through the night. When Seun was just 15 years old, Fela Kuti died of AIDS (though Seun has yet to admit that, preferring to say his father was "tired"). Seun immediately took over the reins as Egypt 80's leader, spending the better part of a decade exclusively performing his father's repertoire. Over the years the young Kuti began penning his own songs, however, and confessed to an admiration for hip-hoppers like Dr. Dre and Eminem. In 2008 Kuti released his first album of originals, backed by Fela's now thirty-something year old band. The album hews closely to his father's sound, featuring extended, textured jams that cushion bitter social criticism.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Aphrodesia</title>
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<category>Afrobeat</category>
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<pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:33:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A young saxophonist who was discovered by Tony Allen in Lagos Nigeria and went on to stew in Nigeria's fertile afrobeat scene just as it was getting off the ground, Leo played with both Allen and Fela Kuti before striking out on his own and moving to London. The move proved to be a good one; Leo brought his distinctive style to the nascent acid jazz scene and, as one of Gilles Peterson's first artists on the Acid Jazz label, helped shape that genre's direction.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>The Afromotive</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Daktaris</title>
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<category>Afrobeat</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 May 2009 09:33:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Daktaris take African rhythms and 1960s Funk and mash them into a sound that bubbles with percussion as syncopated as a drummers' orchestra. The mad polyrhythms will take you out of your seat to dance, but once you get up you'll realize you're not sure which beat you came for. Let the music take you where it will. Growling bursts of baritone sax, clarinet and flute unite on skin-tight rhythmic melodies that interlock with succinct, pulsing offbeat basslines. The wah-wahed and muted staccato guitar riffs sound like a mix between '60s R&B and an exacting reggae band. The band makes no attempt to hide the influence of Fela "Ransome" Kuti on these tracks -- in fact they gratefully dedicate their music to the Afro-Funk godfather. That must make James Brown their great-godfather, in a long line of rich Soul.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Chicago Afrobeat Project</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:57:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Wed, 6 May 2009 09:33:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:37 -0700</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:42:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Afrobeat Down</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 6 May 2009 09:33:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Massak</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:39:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Lagbaja</title>
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<category>Afrobeat</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 May 2009 09:33:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Kimi Djabaté</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:18:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jazzy Dee</title>
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<category>Afrobeat</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:01:19 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jujuba</title>
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<category>Afro-Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:39:35 -0700</pubDate>
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