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"...The approach is a nuanced take on his hero Fela Kuti's declaration that music is a weapon...."
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Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett
Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada
"...third collaboration between now-local founder of New York City's Fela Kuti-inspired Antibalas crew, Martín Perna, and Grupo Fantasma leader/guitarist..."
July 24, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell
K'Naan
Thursday
"...("Somalia") that takes from Somalian youth's apparent Big Four: Fela Kuti, Tupac, Marley, Lucky Dube. Like M.I.A.'s two CDs,..."
March 20, 2009 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger
Friday Picks & Sleepers
TGIF! Friday night insight to SXSW 09.
"...this horn-heavy, percussion-driven collective takes the music of Nigeria's Fela Kuti and gives it a creative spin. Last year's..."
March 20, 2009 Music Feature
'Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada' Reviewed
"...cinematic debut, 2004's El Niño y El Sol, scripted Fela Kuti's Afrobeat to Salvador Dalí-esque sunsets, The Alchemist Manifesto..."
June 13, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell
Off the Record
A walk on the wild side of SXSW 2008
"...Christee, Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, who spun cuts from Fela Kuti at Emo's Lounge the previous afternoon, covered M.I.A...."
March 21, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell
Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It
What reissues are buried in the bottom of your closet?
"...end of the Biafran war, and the rise of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat transformed the country's musical landscape. It's an..."
Dec. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell
Five on the Corner
"...Afrobeater's complete 1970s output, including three LPs produced by Fela Kuti and backed by his legendary Africa 70 ensemble..."
Dec. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell
Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview
Ocote Soul Sounds and The Alchemist Manifesto
"...Sol (Aire Sol), is a beautifully sedated take on Fela Kuti's funky Afrobeat, with Perna's ethereal flute melodies floating..."
Nov. 2, 2007 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett
The Good, the Bad & the Queen
Trolling South by Southwest 2007
"...(Blur, Gorillaz), and his new vehicle – built with Fela Kuti timekeeper Tony Allen, Verve guitarist Simon Tong, and..."
March 23, 2007 Music Review by David Lynch
Ballroom Dancing
SXSW Panels
"...with Yes and Pink Floyd? Joining Stevie Wonder and Fela Kuti at the FESTAC festival/conference in Nigeria in 1977,..."
March 16, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch
T's Cafe
A safari in Pflugerville
"...(he replaced the soaps on the TV with some Fela Kuti tunes for us). We enjoyed the experience and..."
Nov. 18, 2005 Food Review by Mick Vann
Thursday Picks
SXSW picks & sleepers
"...a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader in the mold of Fela Kuti, the famed afrobeat pioneer. Black Face, Solagbade and..."
March 18, 2005 Music Feature
Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada
Texas platters
"...in Austin. In perfect improvisatory fashion, the saxophonist and Fela Kuti-devotee utilized the opportunity to spend two weeks in..."
Oct. 8, 2004 Music Review by Robert Gabriel
Michael Franti & Spearhead
"...short. Everyone Deserves Music displays influences as wide-ranging as Fela Kuti (the Afro-Caribbean rap, "Pray for Grace"), the Clash..."
Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
Cumbia Sobre El Rio
Monterrey's Celso Piña and his 21st Century cumbia
"...time, Hernández was discovering African artists like Nigerian maestro Fela Kuti and his trance-inducing rhythmic mantras...."
Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley
Picks to Click
The SXSW Class of 2002
"...there are beads at Mardi Gras: War, the Police, Fela Kuti, Mark Rubin, Tito Puente, dancehall, Aniceto Molina, and..."
March 1, 2002 Music Feature by David Lynch
The Last Sunset
The day the DEA came for Dan Del Santo
"...week, introduced Austin to countless world music artists, from Fela Kuti to Joe Higgs, Burundi chants to New York..."
Nov. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Anne Sherwood
Spotlight: Thomas Mapfumo
The Lion of Zimbabwe prepares to roar at SXSW.
"...Like his only peers, Marley and Nigeria's late Fela Kuti, Mapfumo is the voice of the commoner, and..."
March 16, 2001 Music Feature by David Lynch
Cheikh Lô Bambay Gueej (World Circuit)
"...track morphs into "Lady," a tribute to Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti. "N'Dawsile" starts off with a Jaco Pastorius-style bass..."
July 14, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch
The Blue Noise Band
Austin neo-jazzsters the Blue Noise Band
"...(http://www.bluenoiseband.com) reveals a wide range in musical tastes; Björk, Fela Kuti, Wayne Shorter, Maurice Ravel, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins..."
March 3, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets
Music of the Spheres
Sinatra in the Sahara
"...Eric Johnson on guitar, owes as much to Nigeria's Fela Kuti as anything going on in Austin at the..."
July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch
Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans
International Acts at SXSW
"...charismatic Somoan-born, New Zealand-raised Opetaia Foa'i (sort of the Fela Kuti of Oceana). Te Vaka's Pacific sounds have been..."
March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin
Townes Van Zandt
"...Khan Allen Ginsberg Luther Allison Jimmy Witherspoon Jimmy Rogers Fela Kuti John Denver Michael Hutchence Michael Hedges Stephane Grappelli..."
Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature
Take Me to the River
Rock & Roll Books
"...Fela: The Life and Times of an African Musical Iconby..."
Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by David Lynch
Femi Kuti
"...Femi KutiDay by Day (Mercer Street)..."
Jan. 9, 2009 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett
Remembering Dan Del Santo
"...He turned me onto the Meters and reggae and Fela Ransome-Kuti. We (his sidemen) were basically jazz cats trying..."
March 24, 2009 Postmarks
National Top 10s
"...8) Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 (Disorient)..."
Jan. 2, 2009 Music Feature
ACL Fest Saturday Picks
"...Adrian Quesada, Ocote Soul Sounds shares the love of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Susana Baca, and Donald Byrd, among others. Typically..."
Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Record review
"...Is This America? (Ropeadope) Picking up where the legendary Fela Ransome-Kuti left off, NYC's Antibalas Orchestra aligns itself as..."
