Sat comfortably in a large chair at the New Afrika Shrine, his family's legendary Nigerian music venue, Femi Kuti was ...

The son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti brings his father's longtime band Egypt 80 to San Francisco to headline the ...

George Brian writes via [email protected] the spectrum of global music and culture, a powerful force is rising—not quietly, but with the thunderous beat of talking drums, hypnotic basslines, ...

At the height of his creative powers, Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti dropped 'Mr Follow Follow', a hypnotic groove ...

(Night Train also celebrates Spanish Language Day with Spanish jazz tonight.) ...

The Montreal-based Thai drummer sits down with Q's Tom Power to talk about her new album, Rammana, which is out now.

Premieres Friday, April 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Celebrate International Jazz Day with host Jeremy Irons in a concert featuring Herbie Hancock, Dee Dee Bridgewater and more. Enjoy ...

Global Afrobeats star CKay has officially concluded his recording agreement with Warner Music South Africa, marking the end of a defining era in his career.

The Grammy Nominated artist headlined for pop star -Lady Gaga on the opening day. Seun Kuti's  2025 performance marks his ...

Afrobeat mainstay Seun Kuti (son of Fela) shares songs that inspired him through the recording process for his new LP with Egypt 80 — “Heavier Yet.” ...

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became ...