sounds of Nigeria Fela Kuti, live (filmed by Ginger Baker), Nigeria (Calabar), 1971 More? Here. ********** lagniappe art beat: yesterday at Chicago’s Art Institute Oda Kazuma, Catching Whitebait at Nakaumi, Izumo (1924) ***** Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1953-54 ***** reading table . . . life, that storm before the calm. —Wislawa Szymborska, from “Negative” (trans. Clare Cavanagh [...]
Archive for the ‘Afrobeat’ category
Friday, 8/19/11
08/18/2011Friday, 7/8/11
07/07/2011It takes a village, in Fela’s world, to put on a show. Fela Anikulapo Kuti, October 15, 1938-August 2, 1997 Live, Paris, 1981 Part 1 *** Part 2 ********** lagniappe 1938 Born 15 October in Abeokuta, Nigeria to politically active and middle class family. 1958 Sent to London to train as a doctor, but instead [...]
Monday, 1/3/11
01/03/2011Perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived . . . —Brian Eno Tony Allen Live, “New Morning” *** Secret Agent, 2010 ********** lagniappe When I sit down there [at the drums], that’s what I’ve been waiting for . . . —Tony Allen ***** reading table The time to make up your mind about people [...]
