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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ronald Snijders, Fela Kuti & Afrika 70, Tito Puente, Marshall Allen, Butcher Brown, & More

by Tony Poole
January 24, 2025

One hour of the latest cutting-edge worldwide jazz sounds. Join Tony Poole as he explores the newest and freshest global jazz grooves, showcasing all-new releases and enticing rhythms that redefine the genre. Playlist Georgia Cécile “Communion" single (Mahagony Songs) Claire Cope Ensemble C “Flight" from Every Journey (Adhy?ropa Records) Bill O'Connell “Maiden Voyage" from ...

Article: Live Review

Balimaya Project at Barbican Centre

by Chris May
October 20, 2023

Balimaya Project Barbican Centre, Main Hall When The Dust Settles London October 17, 2023 Founded in 2019 by London-based djembe player Yahael Camara Onono, the eighteen-piece Balimaya Project is an all-male ensemble dedicated to celebrating its members' African musical heritages, which it approaches as evolving, future-facing entities. The band blends ...

Article: Album Review

Bloto: Erozje

by Chris May
June 14, 2020

Look closely and the sleeve art resembles a painting by Ghariokwu Lemi for one of Fela Kuti's 1970s albums with Afrika 70. In the foreground, policemen beat citizens to the ground. In the background, another policeman leads someone off to a paddy wagon. Only the policemen's mobile phones locate the scenario in more recent times. Could ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Afrobeat: An Alternative Top Ten

by Chris May
May 5, 2020

It would be hard if not impossible to compile an Afrobeat Top Ten which was not wholly made up of Fela Anikulapo Kuti albums. Such was Kuti's centrality in the creation and development of Afrobeat, such was the productivity of his recording career--his catalogue totals more than fifty albums, not counting reissues and compilations--and such was ...