Confuse Antibalas with Santana, and these guys will beat your ass. After the first pressing of their 2000 debut, Antibalas tacked “Afrobeat Orchestra” to the end of its name in order to provide some ...

Few American bands have been more influential in the global Afrobeat movement than the Brooklyn collective Antibalas. Keeper of the African protest flame ignited by Nigerian musician/activist Fela ...

Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra will finally be able to convey its soulful message off the dance floor. And it will celebrate with a party, naturally. Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra is one of the top local ...

Donald Trump will become the 45th president this morning. Let the artistic protests begin. Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra gets a party started like few other local bands. But listen to their lyrics and ...

Sat., Nov. 22. $12 adv. Brooklyn’s Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra is too often reduced to little more than a slightly obsessive tribute act, the house band in the high church of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian ...

But Fela Kuti and his music were a revelation to the seasoned veteran. "It was like lightning," he says. "I thought, 'Why haven’t I heard this before? How did this escape me?!'" Afrobeat has elements ...

The passing of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in 1997 sparked a wave of renewed interest in the sound, as Fela’s politically motivated Nigerian funk movement began to work its way into the ...

Fela Anikulapo Ransome Kuti. Very few have inspired so many with their music, words, struggles, and beliefs as this great, sorely missed Nigerian artist. Even fewer have almost single-handedly ...

Few American bands have been more influential in the global Afrobeat movement than the Brooklyn collective Antibalas. Keeper of the African protest flame ignited by Nigerian musician/activist Fela ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. Gargantuan New York funk ...

New York-s Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra promise to rock the house on Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15 am. New York-s Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra promise to rock the house on Morning Becomes Eclectic ...

Femi Kuti, son of Fela, headlines the House of Blues on Tuesday, but the Afrobeat pioneer’s legacy is better served by Antibalas–while Femi delivers a bland and polished version of his father’s music, ...