With a new year, comes new jams and what’s better than some fresh Afrobeats? You probably celebrated the end of 2015 and welcomed 2016 dancing like it was nobody’s business. Well, East London’s DJ P Montana isn’t giving you any chill time with the release of his first EP DJ P Montana Loves Afrobeats. TheContinue reading “TRUE LOVES: DJ P Montana brings the best of UK Afrobeats”
Category Archives: Afrobeat
Backstage with Fuse ODG: what’s next in 2016 for the Afrobeats star
Musician/producer Fuse ODG has been changing the Afrobeats scene globally and doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon. The Ghanaian Londoner has had a number of successes including a number one on the iTunes World Chart and four UK chart hit singles from his 2014 debut-album T.I.N.A – it stands for This Is New Africa.Continue reading “Backstage with Fuse ODG: what’s next in 2016 for the Afrobeats star”
Fela Kuti had the balls to protest. When did Afrobeat stars get so tame?
On a quiet, otherwise nondescript street in Lagos stands the Kalakuta museum. The striking white, three-storey building opened in 2012 to honour Nigeria’s most influential and outspoken musician and activist: Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The museum houses numerous artifacts, photographs and mementos from Fela’s life including his saxophones, an impressive shoe collection and even his bedroom, leftContinue reading “Fela Kuti had the balls to protest. When did Afrobeat stars get so tame?”
TRUE LOVES: London African Music Festival 2015
The London African Music Festival is back for another year, starting on September 18. On its 13th leg, the festival was started by Joyful Noise founder Biyi Adepegbas. He co-founded the organisation in 1990 with the intention ‘to present contemporary world black music’ to the world. This is certainly happening with the festival, running for 10 days with over 20Continue reading “TRUE LOVES: London African Music Festival 2015”
48 hours with Wizkid and Emmanuel Adebayor
48 hours spent in the company of Emmanuel Adebayor and Wizkid was always going to be special. But it was only when an articulated bus – filled with girls, boys, DJs and a sound system pumping out Afrobeat tunes – as well as a convoys of SUVs pulled up outside the dusty airport in TogoContinue reading “48 hours with Wizkid and Emmanuel Adebayor”