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Four early recordings by Fela Kuti are set to be released together on 10" vinyl. Captured in London in 1959 ... for the first time as part of a release marking this year’s Record Store Day. The ...
It’s been almost 20 years since the great Fela ... vinyl, including test pressings, T-shirts and screen prints, and each pre-order includes access to some special unreleased content. The records ...
"Fela Kuti is ... are expected. Kuti's catalogue of more than 50 albums are distributed worldwide, both physically and digitally, while in recent years, to acknowledge the resurgence of interest in ...
Partisan Records have announced Box Set #6 – the latest instalment in an ongoing series of expansive box set reissues of the beloved back catalogue of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Accompanying ... from ...
Alongside these vinyl records are some of Anatsui's early sketches ... a few of my drawings where I make reference to lyrics of Fela Kuti's songs. This is the starting point, as one cannot ...
Fela Kuti’s 1972 album Roforofo Fight is to be reissued by Partisan Records this August. Marking the album’s 50th anniversary, the reissue will include the full album alongside standalone singles ...
Initially, they were simple scripts of hokey messages written by publicist Tony Barrow, transformed into something more personal through mis-readings (“We hope you enjoy the records as much as w ...
Twenty years ago, the AIDS-awareness nonprofit Red Hot unveiled Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti, a tribute record that recruited over three dozen artists in celebration of the ...
Fela Kuti penned Beasts of No Nation after time spent in prison – it has become a song, and album, that still inspires many in Nigeria today, writes Ernest Nweke. Nigeria, Africa's most populous ...