
Tag: afrobeat


Zazou Bikaye are reissued by Crammed Discs again – this time the seminal ‘Mr. Manager’ album with an additional bounty of unreleased recordings – it’s one of the most essential releases of this year

The Budos Band are back: ‘Long In The Tooth’ is another rocking album for Daptone, fusing afrobeat and rock with some of NYC’s finest musicians

Self-proclaimed “psychedelic bootyshakers” of Atlanta – Lightning Orchestra – release long-awaited debut album this month on UK label, Acid Jazz

New single ‘Purpose Of Creation’ by trumpeter Etuk Ubong shows why he is poised for global stardom, ahead of afrobeat-jazz album for Night Dreamer

Seun Kuti releases opening EP on new label Night Dreamer, recapturing ‘direct to disc’ essence of Wayne Shorter and Blue Note albums

Mr Bongo to reissue “one of the best” Afrobeat albums of the great Nigerian, Peter King – ‘Oma Lewa’

Ghanian legend Gyedu-Blay Ambolley releases twelfth album ‘11th Street, Sekondi’ next month and is touring Europe

Ekiti Sound is a pioneer and his new album for Crammed Discs is ‘Abeg No Vex’ – it’s creativity and vision are exceptional
