Yannis Philippakis was one of the last musicians to record with the late drummer and Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen. Their collaboration was released as the five-song EP Lagos Paris London under Yannis & ...

The people loved seeing an Englishman in Africa 70. They couldn’t believe it at first. Oyinbo (white man) drummer! They would come and press money on my forehead. It was a mark of approval. It would ...

Afro B is one of the leaders in the Afrowave movement around the world. The UK native is on a mission to educate while simultaneously spreading the rhythm. Afro B is no stranger to the entertainment ...

The Nigerian musician was a restless creator who embraced the physicality of drumming and innovated until the end Few musicians can claim to have invented a revolutionary rhythm, but then few are ...

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Joni Haastrup started out singing spot-on covers of James Brown and Wilson Pickett in Lagos bars in the mid-1960s. But with his own band, MonoMono, he became part of a movement to fuse soul, funk and ...

Was Afrobeat Shaped by a Black American Woman? *A spirited debate has resurfaced online over the role of Sandra Izsadore, a Black American woman from Los Angeles, in shaping Afrobeat—the iconic genre ...

Trisyo and Supa Massie, the musicians behind rising Afrobeat group The Afroseas, look right at home among the recording equipment and sofas of their 12th-floor studio in Diamond Hill, in Hong Kong’s ...

Thousands of Afrobeat fans have been left disappointed following the sudden cancellation of the "Ruger Live in PNG" concert, which was scheduled to take place this Saturday, March 14, 2026, at the Sir ...

Three occupants of a black Mercedes-Benz were heading to work on a good Friday morning. One was the driver, another was the aide, and their oga patapata. They came to crawling traffic on George Street ...