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Home » Afrobeat

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DJ Antonio Cesar, aka Cesar Almeida, at the North Park Village Nature Center in summer 2020
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DJ Antonio Cesar keeps finding money to evolve house music

by Debbie-Marie Brown June 4, 2021August 18, 2021

Chicago producer and DJ Antonio Cesar has used tens of thousands of dollars in grants to travel the world, exporting the city’s sounds and importing new influences.

El Sombrero del Abuelo are the first act from outside the States to release an album through Buenört Collective's label.
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Buenört Collective spread their hot revolution across the Atlantic

by Sandra Treviño April 7, 2021August 18, 2021

Chicago-based party incubator and microlabel Buenört Collective release the new album by Spanish band El Sombrero del Abuelo.

Tony Allen
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Tony Allen, Skepta, and Ben Okri become one with the universe on ‘Cosmosis’

by Jamie Ludwig March 15, 2021August 18, 2021

A year after the death of pioneering Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, a posthumous album highlights his work with younger generations.

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ESS’s Option music salon returns for spring with Jim O’Rourke

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil February 23, 2021August 18, 2021

ESS’s Option music salon returns for spring with Jim O’Rourke, and Chicago rappers Saint Ripley and Osa North level up on new releases.

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São Paulo big band Bixiga 70 cook up a life-giving brew

by Philip Montoro August 10, 2020August 18, 2021

The Afro-Brazilian grooves on Bixiga 70’s Quebra Cabeça could get your feet moving on a mortuary slab.

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Chicago rapper-singer Osa North brings Nigerian pop back home on 5 Boys 3 Cars

by Leor Galil August 7, 2020August 18, 2021

Osa Obaseki, aka rapper-singer Osa North, grew up in Uptown, but in 2006 his parents sent him to live with his aunt and uncle in the capital of Nigeria’s Edo […]

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Chicago rapper Jovan Landry gives her production skills a well-deserved spotlight on World Vibe

by Leor Galil August 4, 2020August 18, 2021

Jovan Landry calls herself “One-Third Emcee” to emphasize her creative pursuits away from the mike—according to an interview she gave to Chicago Crowd Surfer in March 2019, she splits the […]

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Barcelona’s Alma Afrobeat Ensemble keep the spirit of Afrobeat going strong

by Catalina Maria Johnson July 18, 2019August 18, 2021

For the fourth year in a row, Barcelona-based guitarist Aaron Feder brings his Alma Afrobeat Ensemble on a U.S. tour. The group, which Feder founded in Champaign-Urbana in 2003, consists […]

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Nigerian juju and Afrobeat veteran Kaleta brings the groove with Super Yamba Band

by Salem Collo-Julin June 20, 2019August 18, 2021

Leon “Kaleta” Ligan-Majek came into his talents in the early 80s—at exactly the right time to bridge two disparate genres of Nigerian music. Kaleta’s family relocated to Lagos from his […]

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Afrobeat innovators Antibalas end a five-year silence with Where the Gods Are in Peace

by Peter Margasak September 28, 2017August 18, 2021

Brooklyn Afrobeat mainstays Antibalas, who play Thalia Hall on Friday, expand their sound on their new album.

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The brightest lights at the 2017 World Music Festival

by Peter Margasak September 6, 2017August 18, 2021

The World Music Festival is a constellation of international stars—including Afrobeat scion Seun Kuti, rambunctious Cape Verdean accordionist Bitori, and Afro-Venezuelan flame keeper Betsayda Machado.

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Drake’s diaspora, Discogs drama, DJ ‘controllerism,’ and more of the week’s best music writing

by Austin Brown March 24, 2017August 18, 2021

Plus: pieces about the queer experience in contemporary dance and the intimacy of abrasive noise

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After seven years away, Africa Hi-Fi returns for one night in Hyde Park

by Jacob Arnold August 29, 2016August 18, 2021

A reunion of Sonia Hassan and Ron Trent’s beloved Africa Hi-Fi DJ night closes the Harper Court Summer Music Series on Wednesday.

Fela Kuti
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Afrobeat giant Fela Kuti: Too big for the screen

by J.R. Jones September 10, 2014August 18, 2021

With Finding Fela, Alex Gibney tries to get his arms around Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti.

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12 O’Clock Track: Melt Yourself Down, “We Are Enough”

by Kevin Warwick October 1, 2012August 19, 2021

Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “We Are Enough” by Melt Yourself Down

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