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unusual facts about Afrobeat


Nick Movshon

Movshon has played with groups such as Brooklyn art-rockers TV on the Radio, the blues-rock duo The Black Keys, Afrobeat ensemble Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, hip-hop group The Wu Tang Clan, soul singer Charles Bradley, mixed-soul group Menahan Street Band, and soul-funk group Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.


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Adé Bantu

He released "Fuji Satisfaction" an eclectic mix of Fuji, hiphop, Dancehall, Afrofunk and Afrobeat that featured Nigerian Fuji singer Adewale Ayuba in 2005.

Afro-rock

Afro rock is (an offshoot of Afrobeat) is a popular dance music pioneered in the late 1960s and early 1970s by such groups as Monomono, Osibisa and Alhaji K. Frimpong.

Babá Ken Okulolo

He has played with renowned Afrobeat creator Fela Anikulapo Kuti, highlife master Victor Olaiya, and was a founder of the Afro-rock group Monomono in the 1970s.

Dele Sosimi

Afrobeat is given a virtuoso treatment by a core combination of Femi Elias (bass), Kunle Olofinjana (drums), Phil Dawson (rhythm guitar), Maurizio Ravalico (percussion), Justin Thurgur (trombone), Tom Allan (trumpet) and Eric Rohner (tenor saxophone).

Habib Faye

He can virtually play any style, from the rootsiest Mbalax (Senegal's predominant musical style) to the grooviest Funk, not to mention Afrobeat and jazz.

Les Massiliades

Multiple musical genres were represented, including rock, rap, reggae, afrobeat, metal, folk, java and what the headline band Les Hurlements d'Léo calls "caravaning".

Sila and the Afrofunk Experience

As SF Weekly noted, “Sila's concern with the mission of his lyrics is matched by the power of his grooves, an addictive mix of heavy funk, lively Afrobeat, and sun-soaked island rhythms.”

Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders

The 2010 pilot included a report about a Vladimir Putin pop propaganda song in Russia; a story about the late Afrobeat star, Fela Kuti, and

The Souljazz Orchestra

The band signed to London-based Strut Records, a UK record label that focuses on dance music and afrobeat.

Venice Community Housing Corporation

Past featured artists include Los Pinguos, Afrobeat Down, Aula, Sono-Lux, and Kwanza Jones.


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