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Fela and food: how Lagos restaurants are serving up the music star’s legacy

In Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial and creative capital, food is doing something unusual. It’s keeping alive the spirit of a musician.

The Conversation

‘It’s not noise. It’s a message’: the misunderstood misfits of Nigeria’s underground rock scene

In a country that doesn’t always reward difference, defiant Nigerian musicians are reawakening their country’s rock and giving those on the margins the space to feel seen

The Guardian - UK

Burna Boy may be the most important artist on the planet: 'The universe chose me'

The Afrobeats mega-star is in London for the Wireless festival while delivering a new album which cements his status as one of the most important artists on the planet.

Evening Standard

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I wrote off Glastonbury as a ‘white’ festival – until I finally went

Camping, fogey rock acts and a lack of diversity meant I once ignored Glasto. But visiting Worthy Farm for a second year was like returning home

The Guardian - UK

I tested Sennheiser's HD 505 wired headphones, and they give you a taste of the high end at a real-world price

Affordable Sennheiser open-backed headphones with rich sound and a comfortable fit.

TechRadar

“We were human samplers. We’d listen to the tapes, isolate the best bits, then learn how to play them over and over again”: How Talking Heads created their classic hit Once In A Lifetime

“We very nearly abandoned the song," said David Byrne

MusicRadar

Is pop music really being dumbed down? A music professor explains what the science really says

Scientific studies claim that modern music is growing simpler than ever before - both lyrically and musically. But are they measuring what really matters?

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The best gigs and club nights in London this weekend, from Femi Kuti to Kehlani

Maddy Mussen shares her pick of the shows to see and be seen at this weekend

Evening Standard

The 10 best things to see at Celtic Connections this winter

One of Glasgow’s favourite annual events, Celtic Connections, will return to the city once again this January.

The National (Scotland)

Q Acoustics 3020c review: stereo speakers that make lightning strike for the umpteenth time

Q Acoustics' new entry-level 3020c passive loudspeakers deliver an assertive, detailed and properly organized performance.

TechRadar

EFG London Jazz Festival: our pick of the shows to see from Jamie Cullum to Marisa Monte

With more than 300 shows over 60 venues there is a gig for every jazz fan’s taste

Evening Standard

“Musicians that have invested in the platform over the years deserve more than this”: Maschine 3.0 software review

NI’s beat-maker gets its first full upgrade in 11 years adding stem separation, a new sound library and… not much else

MusicRadar

"This is a fired-up performance - a man determined to prove everyone wrong": Paul McCartney rails against the critics, John Lennon, Fela Kuti and muggers on Wings' classic Band On The Run

Recorded in Nigeria as his bandmates deserted him, Band On The Run might just be the best post-Beatles work by any Beatle

Louder

Seun Kuti and Egypt 80: Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head) review – Fela’s legacy lives on

Executive producer Lenny Kravitz brings gloss to Kuti’s first album in six years, which keeps his father’s Afrobeat flame burning, with a funk twist

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The Conversation

From Fela Kuti to Jimi Hendrix and The Grateful Dead – the story of music manager Rikki Stein

Rikki Stein, born into a regular, middle-class home in the UK, has had what must have seemed an unlikely career. As a music manager he has toured the world in the company of music legends – from the late Nigerian Afrobeat star Fela Kuti to American rockers The Grateful Dead…

The Independent UK

Foals’ Yannis Philippakis: ‘I don’t see myself as being tethered to the band’

The frontman is finally releasing his years-in-the-making collaborative album with the late, great Afrobeats legend Tony Allen. Over a pint, he opens up to Mark Beaumont about the lessons he learnt from the music legend, the future of Foals, and why he feels hopeful about the UK’s future

The Guardian - UK

‘Steam will come out of readers’ ears!’: Joe Boyd on his epic, enraging history of global music

At over 900 pages, the countercultural icon’s new book covers everything from fifth-century Roma music to Miriam Makeba. But, he argues, the drum machine marked the end of history

Louder

"God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can": The tortured and tumultuous life of the late Ginger Baker

Driving across deserts, owning polo ponies, making and losingfortunes, influencing generations of musicians… Ginger Baker‘s story nothing was like no one else's

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France 24

Afrobeat’s global ambassador: Femi Kuti’s musical activism

Forging his own artistic path in the shadow of Afrobeat superstar Fela Kuti was a challenge that his son, Femi Kuti, struggled with in the early years of his career, he reveals. The Nigerian musician joins us in the studio to discuss the highs and lows of growing up with…

The Guardian - UK

Burna Boy at Glastonbury review – Afro-fusion maestro starts Pyramid stage party

The Nigerian brings an electrifying energy and prompts a mass singalong accompaniment to his signature baritone

The Guardian - UK

Janelle Monáe: ‘I have to feel a film role in my pubic hairs. They have to vibrate’

As she prepares for a UK tour – including Glastonbury – the singer and actor answers your questions on Prince, what makes her blush, and why we shouldn’t ostracise AI

The Guardian - UK

Noisy, performative and unapologetically non-European: Nigeria welcomes a museum like no other

The John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos ‘pops with colour and sound’ in a dazzling departure from the colonial model

The Guardian - UK

‘Bass on one shoulder, bow and arrows on the other’: life with Fela Kuti on history’s most dangerous tour

In 1979, my father Roy Ayers went on an extraordinary three-week tour with the Afrobeat pioneer amid extreme violence in Nigeria. Three band members recount the unforgettable trip

TechRadar

I wept at 'Band on The Run' in London's top Dolby Atmos theater – in a good way

Just over 50 years on from its 1973 release, you can now hear Macca and Co. in a stunning Dolby Atmos mix – or better yet, with all of the over-dubs removed.

The Guardian - UK

‘Fela Kuti was always in his pants’: legendary music photographer Val Wilmer’s greatest shoots

She ate fried chicken with BB King, gave Jimi Hendrix a lift home from a gig and accidentally worked for MI6. The pioneer recalls her favourite subjects – and the ones like Miles Davis she’d rather forget

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