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Articles tagged "fela kuti" Column: Busted HeadphonesThe Messengersby Quentin B. Huff[12.Oct.09] :. K'naan's The Messengers series is a trilogy of episodes designed to highlight the genius of Nigeria's Fela Kuti, Jamaica's Bob Marley, and the United States' Bob Dylan. Music ReviewTony Allen: Secret Agentby Deanne Sole[6.Aug.09] :. If drums were pens he'd be writing political mystery thrillers.  Sound AffectsOld Skewl B.S. aka Morality Police Biteby Diepiriye Kuku[1.Apr.09] :. Artists continually suffer for refusing to bow to the morality police. Yet, like this Kentuckian, we are all Unbridled Spirits, refusing to conceit to itty bitty morality pity. It’s a shame that one has to chant louder, write faster, read quicker, exercise harder, know more and listen with more compassion, isn’t it? Naw, that’s just old skewl.  Sound AffectsHot Buttered Soul: Politics and Pop Culture Are Really Oneby Diepiriye Kuku[19.Mar.09] :. When change is upon us and we need media most, more and more traditional media outlets will simply pick up and disseminate what fewer and fewer folks have placed on the corporate-filtered news wire. Luckily, my new White House friend is as funky as you wanna be.  Column: Global Beat FusionFela! Here Comes the Black Presidentby Derek Beres[22.Sep.08] :. Great art such as Fela! inspires us to make the choices we need to make, and not give up our responsibilities because it is easier to allow someone else to make decisions for us.  TV DVD ReviewAll You Need Is Loveby Zeth Lundy[22.Jul.08] :. Tony Palmer's compelling yet frustrating 15-hour television series on the history of popular music, originally broadcast in the 1970s, finally sees a DVD release. Fela Kuti: Music Is the Weapon [DVD]by Lee Henderson[29.Nov.04] :. I can’t think of many musicians who’ve campaigned to create their own country, as Fela Kuti once did, to save his Lagos slum from Nigeria’s despotic regime. Wait, didn’t Jello... Fela Kuti: The Best of Fela Kutiby Mark Anthony Neal“Time Travelin’,” the opening track to Common’s brilliant new recording Like Water for Chocolate, is dedicated to the memory of late Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. One of... |
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