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Damon Albarn on Tony Allen
Reviews June 25, 2020
Damon Albarn on Tony Allen
Yemi Alade Talks "Boyz"
Reviews June 17, 2020
Yemi Alade Talks "Boyz"
Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti’s “2000 Blacks Got To Be Free": An Invitation To Imagine A Better World
Blog June 12, 2020
Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti’s “2000 Blacks Got To Be Free": An Invitation To Imagine A Better World
Best of the Beat: Remembering Majek Fashek
Best of The Beat June 3, 2020
Best of the Beat: Remembering Majek Fashek
Def Jam and Billboard Are All in With Afrobeats
Blog May 27, 2020
Def Jam and Billboard Are All in With Afrobeats
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Who Put the Beat in Afrobeat?: Tony Allen's 1984 Interview
Best of The Beat May 5, 2020
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Who Put the Beat in Afrobeat?: Tony Allen's 1984 Interview
Quarantunes: Tony Allen Plays “The Source” in Pisa, 2019
Blog May 1, 2020
Quarantunes: Tony Allen Plays “The Source” in Pisa, 2019
Afrobeat Drummer Tony Allen Dies at 79
Blog May 1, 2020
Afrobeat Drummer Tony Allen Dies at 79
Get Caught in the Cinematic Sweep of Michael Olatuja's “Soki”
Blog April 28, 2020
Get Caught in the Cinematic Sweep of Michael Olatuja's “Soki”
Burna Boy and Black Coffee Light Up One World: Together at Home Benefit Concert
Blog April 21, 2020
Burna Boy and Black Coffee Light Up One World: Together at Home Benefit Concert
BANTU Returns with New Video: “Disrupt the Programme”
Blog April 10, 2020
BANTU Returns with New Video: “Disrupt the Programme”
Afropop Premiere: Edoheart's “Original Sufferhead”
Blog April 8, 2020
Afropop Premiere: Edoheart's “Original Sufferhead”
Quarantunes: '70s Highlife Music of Ghana and Nigeria
Blog April 2, 2020
Quarantunes: '70s Highlife Music of Ghana and Nigeria
Rejoice
Reviews March 20, 2020
Rejoice
Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela
Record Store Day Brings an Early Highlife Fela Kuti Release
Blog March 11, 2020
Record Store Day Brings an Early Highlife Fela Kuti Release
Joeboy and Mr Eazi Test Out the Moonwalk on DJ Neptune's "Nobody" Video
Blog March 6, 2020
Joeboy and Mr Eazi Test Out the Moonwalk on DJ Neptune's "Nobody" Video
Boston's Crashfest Turns 5
Fresh Eyre February 28, 2020
Boston's Crashfest Turns 5
New Tracks: Princess Nokia, Ibrahim Ferrer, Niniola and Femi Kuti
Blog February 28, 2020
New Tracks: Princess Nokia, Ibrahim Ferrer, Niniola and Femi Kuti
Announcing Afropop's 2020 SXSW Lineup
Blog February 20, 2020
Announcing Afropop's 2020 SXSW Lineup
WATCH: Angelique Kidjo Dedicates Her Grammy to Burna Boy
Blog January 28, 2020
WATCH: Angelique Kidjo Dedicates Her Grammy to Burna Boy
Hear A Track From Hugh Masekela and Tony Allen's Forthcoming Album
January 23, 2020
Hear A Track From Hugh Masekela and Tony Allen's Forthcoming Album
The first posthumous release for the late trumpet legend.
Afropop Exclusive Premiere: Eze-Nri Royal Drummers Vol. One
Blog January 16, 2020
Afropop Exclusive Premiere: Eze-Nri Royal Drummers Vol. One
Farewell to Kehinde Lijadu
Best of The Beat December 17, 2019
Farewell to Kehinde Lijadu
Darkovibes and Mr Eazi Invite You to “Come My Way”
Blog December 12, 2019
Darkovibes and Mr Eazi Invite You to “Come My Way”
Taiwo Lijadu Fundraising for Kehinde's Memorial Service
Blog December 4, 2019
Taiwo Lijadu Fundraising for Kehinde's Memorial Service
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Fela Is Freed
Best of The Beat October 11, 2019
Best of The Beat on Afropop: Fela Is Freed
Sun Ra Arkestra's Craig Harris on FESTAC '77 and the Music It Inspired
Reviews October 10, 2019
Sun Ra Arkestra's Craig Harris on FESTAC '77 and the Music It Inspired
Disco Artist Eric Kol Recalls Nigeria's Boogie Nights
Blog October 2, 2019
Disco Artist Eric Kol Recalls Nigeria's Boogie Nights
Jazzy Nigerian Double Bill Thursday at Joe's Pub
Blog August 29, 2019
Jazzy Nigerian Double Bill Thursday at Joe's Pub
Hear “Doyin”: A New Bop from Mr Eazi and Simi
Blog August 28, 2019
Hear “Doyin”: A New Bop from Mr Eazi and Simi
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