GONYEA: The album draws inspiration from jazz, funk and West African music, and it pays homage to the Afrobeat sound that Femi's father, Fela Kuti, helped create in the 1960s. Kuti spoke to us from ...

Considering the worldwide influence that the late Fela Kuti's Afrobeat music has had on everyone from the Talking Heads to ...

Seun Kuti will bring his seven-piece Afrobeat band from Nigeria to the Arts Campus at Willits. Kuti, is the youngest son of ...

Some kids bond with their parents through sport, or perhaps a hobby. Seun Kuti bonded with his dad through music. Not just listening to certain bands, or collecting records, but playing and ...

Wretch 32's "Home?" album blends Afrobeat and grime with raw reflections on identity, migration and what it means to belong.

GONYEA: The album draws inspiration from jazz, funk and West African music, and it pays homage to the Afrobeat sound that Femi's father, Fela Kuti, helped create in the 1960s. Kuti spoke to us ...

The Afrobeat musician Femi Kuti has a new album out. It's called "Journey Through Life." (SOUNDBITE OF FEMI KUTI SONG, "POLITICS DON EXPOSE THEM") GONYEA: The album draws inspiration from jazz ...

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