David Glines didn’t even know Afrobeat music existed until after he graduated from Northwestern. Four years later, he was playing guitar with Chicago Afrobeat Project, a band created to combine ...

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A look into the music of Fela Kuti and the genre Afrobeat. Fela Kuti has inspired musicians from all over the world from Burna Boy and Beyoncé, to Miles Davis. Sound Field dives into the musical ...

The people loved seeing an Englishman in Africa 70. They couldn’t believe it at first. Oyinbo (white man) drummer! They would come and press money on my forehead. It was a mark of approval. It would ...

Making his debut as a leader of his own band and celebrating the release of his CD, “In the Flow,” Nigeria’s legendary guitar master and singer Adesoji “Soji” Odukogbe was, among other things, the ...

Nine-piece Denver Afrobeat ensemble ATOMGA is entering its eleventh year of electrifying dance floors across the state and beyond with its heady brew of world music and poignant lyrics. The band has ...

It is getting near midnight on a Friday evening in the Nigerian capital in the late 1970s. Young Lagosians are trekking from Oju Elegba, at the heart of the city’s night club scene, towards the old ...

Saturday, Jan. 24 will see the union of two musical acts in celebration of Afrobeat music at the main stage of the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Zap Mama and Antibalas will come together as ...

Olaniyi Innocent Omolola, known professionally as Kurrious, is fast becoming one of the most compelling new voices in Nigeria’s Afrobeat and RnB scene. His newly released 4-track EP titled ‘On the ...