Fela Kuti

LOOK: Why Fela Matters To Detroit

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 02.24.2012

The tickets for the Broadway production of "Fela!" showing at theMusic Hall are quickly selling out, but Detroiters have more than one way to get a ne...

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"Crazy Crazy": Introducing Guinevere, Plus Chatting With Four Year Strong's Alan Day and Gregory Rogove

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.23.2012

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Fela! A Musical Legend Occupies the Stage -- and Our Ears

Steve Heilig | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Afrobeat, Fela!, African Music, Fela Kuti, Fela Book, Music Africa, Africa Music, Culture News

Any stage show that attempts to conjure the spirit and spectacle of Fela Anikilapo Kuti had better be good, and the award-winning play Fela! certainly lives up to the legend.

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WATCH: Haiku Reviews: Space Sculpture, Drag Opera And Piano History

Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Classical Music, Peter Frank, Laurence Vittes, Jazz, Fela Kuti, Gustav Mahler, Theatre, John Miller, Stuart Isacoff, Jazz Music, George Heymont, Ron English, Haiku Reviews, Drag Queens, Vienna, Arts News

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a biweekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the tradit...

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Chatting with American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery, Baaba Maal, The Box Story, and Ozzie & Harriet Estate Manager, Sam Nelson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Dylan Chenfeld, New York Rangers, The Goldbergs, The Pointer Sisters, Noah Chenfeld, Eminem, Grand Ole Opry, Tracy Nelson, Ncis, Carrie Underwood, Chris Salewicz, Teen Idol, A Day to Remember, Harriet Nelson, Panic! At the Disco, Fela Kuti, Rascal Flatts, Johnny Cash, The Box Story, Eric Rushing, H Is Orange, Metallica, Mark Bright, Elvis Presley, Chelsea Grin, Ricky Nelson, The Monkees, Kickstarter, David Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Freestyle, American Idol, Ozzie Nelson, Justin Bieber, The Devil Wears Prada, The Strokes, Mac Miller, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Scotty McCreery, Merle Haggard, The Beatles, Sam Nelson, Matthew Nelson, The Artery Foundation, Rick Nelson, Conway Twitty, Mark Harmon, Guitar Hero, Vampire Weekend, New York Knicks, Big L, The Partridge Family, The Crimson Armada, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson, The Warped Tout, Gunner Nelson, The Donna Reed Show, Baaba Maal, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chillli Peppers, Life Magazine, Ozzie & Harriett, Father Knows Best, Ben Folds, Saturday Night Live, John Scheinfeld, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Scotty McCreery's new album Clear As Day just hit #1 in Billboard, and it features some very personal songs that seem to fit him perfectly. He tells me how he picked this batch.

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The Life and Legacy of Fela Kuti

Kirsten West Savali | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Fela Kuti Women, Fela Kuti Misogyny, Fela Kuti HIV, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti Music, Fela Kuti Wives, Bv Pop Culture, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Music, Fela Kuti Condoms, Fela Kuti Aids, Black Voices News

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's legacy is one that is greater than the sum of its parts. Domestic violence and flagrant devaluation of women are just as much telltale signs of his character as his love for his people.

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Looking for Bob Marley and Fela Kuti

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African Protest Songs, Bob Marley, African Music, Afro Beat, Fela Kuti, African Freedom Songs, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Miriam Makeba, Rastafari Movement, African Liberation Songs, Music Is the Weapon, African Dictators, World News

Music as a Weapon of Protest It is said that "music is a universal language." Using a few notes and inspiring lyrics, musicians and song writers have...

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Love and Death, the New Album from Ghanaian Legend Ebo Taylor

Modiba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jazz, Ebo-Taylor, Africa, Music Reviews, Funk, Ghana, Afrobeat, African Music, Music, London, Fela Kuti, World News

Recorded with Berlin-based collective Afrobeat Academy, Love and Death is a conscious effort on the part of Taylor to advance the afrobeat movement.

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Fela!: A Strong Narrator Takes You Far

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afrijka Shrine, Fela Kuti, Sahr Ngaujah, Heroes, Broadway, Theater, Musicals, Kevin Mambo, Fela!, British Empire, Protagonist, Play, Africa, Narrators, Dance, Nigeria, Fela, New York News

Fela! relies on its narrator to become our leader, our beacon of hope, and our hero for the night.

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"My Favorite Mistake": A Playlist for BP and Its Latest Disaster D'Jour

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Tragically Hip, Cowboy Junkies, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Gnarls Barkley, Moby, Bp, Fela Kuti, Jellyfish, Tina Turner, The Ink Spots, Culture Club, Gregory Isaacs, Smashing Pumpkins, Gulf Oil Spill, Sinead O'Connor, Sheryl Crow, Dean Martin, The Flaming Lips, The Samples, Jonathan Richman, King Missile, Evan & Jaron, The La's, Elvis Costello, MC 900 Ft. Jesus, Brad Paisley, Entertainment News

It's become the new American Pastime. Instead of turning to the sports page in the morning, I find myself going straight home to HuffPost to see precisely how BP has failed to fix their mess today.

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Memo to the Media: Forget Your Focus on Politicians

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tedx, Nile Rodgers, We Are Family Foundation, Acorn, Grassroots Campaign, Fela Kuti, New York News

Fela is no period piece, and in fact points to how social change does not just come out of the barrel of bombast from either the White House or the Congress.

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Global Beat Fusion: Afrobeat Beyond and Behind Fela

Derek Beres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nigeria, Reggae, Bob Marley, Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, Entertainment News

We need icons. Men and women who serve as the paramount of their profession excite and inspire us, help us to strive for our own goals. Danger arises ...

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The Evolution Will be ooVood

Mark Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Fela Kuti, Music, Green Revolution, Neda Agha Soltan, Skype, Electronica, Technology, Censorship, Oovoo, Freemuse, Technology News

With governments still largely in control of the streets and able to monitor or block access to sites like YouTube, Myspace and Facebook, what technologies are left to overcome connect people in meaningful ways?

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African Disneyland? A Response to the New York Times Review of "Fela!" on Broadway

Modiba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World Music Corner, Fela Musical, World Music, Fela Kuti, Fela, World News

I took a special interest in Charles Isherwood's critical review of "Fela!" in light of my incredible and unforgettable experience of traveling to Lagos, Nigeria with my band.

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FELA! Pumps New Life Into the Legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Modiba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Music, Global Music Corner, African-Music, Global-Music-Corner, Fela Kuti, Africa, World News

This is HuffPost World's regular feature that highlights interesting musicians and musical trends around the world. Know of a great musician doing g...

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Stage Door: Fela; Love, Loss, and What I Wore; What The World Needs Now

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadway, Fela Kuti, Entertainment, David Pittu, Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Theater, Off-Broadway, New York News

Fela, which chronicles the life of Nigerian musician and political activist Fela Kuti, is a kinetic, multimedia experience that explodes nightly at the Eugene O'Neill.

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Why Kanye West Could Never Be Fela Kuti

Derek Beres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill T Jones, Broadway, Modern Dance, Nigeria, Kanye West, Fela Kuti, Afrobeat, Entertainment News

While Kanye West's admitted disdain for books is well known, I reflected on his recent comments while at the Eugene O'Neill Theater watching Fela!, the production based on the life Fela Kuti.

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Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Suburbs, Europe, Sweden, Natural Disasters, Civil Rights Act, Presidential Election 2008, President Lyndon Johnson, America, First Black President, Black History Month, New Black Panther Party, Change, Change in America, White Flight, Malcolm X, Racism, Jfk, Nigeria, Nation of Islam, Fela Kuti, R&b, Terrorism, Washington D.C., Ethnic Minorities, Black President T-Shirt, Time Magazine, American Dream, Barack Obama, Lauri Lyons, Election, Militancy, Lyndon B. Johnson, The Beatles, Democratic Nomination, Kenya, Million Man March, Minorities, President Obama, Iowa Caucus, Economic Depression, Affirmative Action, Reparations, Busing, Inauguration, Slavery, Justice, African Americans, "I Have a Dream" Speech, Yes We Can, Equality, Zimbabwe, Africa, Black President, War, Black Panther Party, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Democracy, United States, Dwayne Rodgers, France, Jim Crow, Corporate America, Segregation, Civil Rights Movement, Higher Education, Shepard Fairey, President George W. Bush, Robert Kennedy, Post-Racial, Selma Alabama, Michelle Obama, Obama Family, The Movement, Lauren Erickson, March on Washington, Flag International, Video, Photographers, Female Photographers, Black Photographers, African American Photographers, Carribean Photographers, Carribean Artists, Black Journalists, African American Journalists, Politics News

The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.

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Asa: The Next Generation's Voice Of African Protest

Modiba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nigeria, Guitar, Yoruba, Music, Keziah Jones, Fela Kuti, Protest, Asa, Global Music Corner, World Music Corner, World News

What do you get when you take a bit of Bob Marley, a chunk of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, add some India Arie pre-mixed with Miriam Makeba and Angélique Kidjo and finish it off with Yoruba classics?

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HuffPost Reviews: Van Morrison -- Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl / Asa -- Asa

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jools Holland, Van Morrison, Bbc, David Wild, The Wild the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, Jay Berliner, Mercer St. Records, Hollywood Bowl, Nigeria, U2, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Lauryn Hill, Stral Weeks, Paris, Erika Badu, T.B. Sheets, Northern Ireland, Folk, Bang Records, Asa, Common One, Greetings From Asbury Park N.J., Northern Soul, Transcendence, Tracy Chapman, Sunny Ade, John Legend, Celtic, Joan Armatrading, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, Suzanne Vega, St. Dominic's Preview, Beyonce, Akon, Singer-Songwriter, Npr, Jimmy Cliff, Paris France, Bbc2, Jazz, Paul Moran, Peter Erskine, Warner Bros. Records, Snoop Dogg, Bbc1, Richard Davis, Rolling Stone, Roger Kellaway, Magic Malik, RIchard Buckley, Tony FItzgibbon, Downtown Records, Marvin Gaye, Hotel Cafe, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison Review, Asa Review, Album Reviews, Van Morrison Album Review, Huffpost Review, Asa Album, Album Review, Entertainment News

With a basic reverence for the original record, Morrison's live arrangements allow for musicians to add new layers of strata though jams, while acknowledging forty years has passed since the original was slated.

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