Jul
20

Seun Kuti – Live in Paris

From the best album of the year that no one is talking about, even though it’s co-produced by Brian Eno. I caught Seun last Friday and you can have your Animal Collectives and Gang Gangs, but there was nothing at the Pitchfork Festival that was fucking with this man and Egypt ’80. No offense. But… Continue reading »

Mar
14

Paax Nicholas & The Nettey Family – Na Teef Know De Road of Teef

Hip-hop hiatus today. It’s all Afro-beat everything right now at Passion of the Weiss headquarters, where I’m celebrating the Ides of March a day early by listening to Pax Nicholas’ 1973 classic, Na Teef’s Know Road of Teef. After all, the themes are vaguely similar. Consider Na Teef, Nicholas’ act of rebellion against the Caesarean… Continue reading »

Feb
21

Black President Day

Sure, sure, G-Dub and Lincoln receive the lion’s share of limelight today — a holiday in name only as people shake off hangovers and hit up department store sales. But in my chimerical version of reality, there is a yearly day off dedicated to Fela Kuti, the Black President and only man capable of balancing… Continue reading »

Sep
13

Free Zombie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqnQC3RODl0 In the hopes that a co-sign from Sean Carter and Willow Smith’s dad will suddenly stir your desire to cop a half-dozen coasters that you can illegally download via the magic of Google search, Knitting Factory Records has made an MP3 of “Zombie” available to you, discerning blog readers of the galaxy. I have… Continue reading »

Jan
20

Dan Satch & The Professional Atomic 8 Band and The Inspiration of Fela Kuti

Such is the influence of Fela Kuti that a compilation dedicated to the music he inspired could conceivably include almost anything made in Central and West Africa during the decade of this outfit. He was John Lennon and Bob Marley rolled into one Lincoln log-sized cone of igbo (Indian Hemp). He created a viscous solution… Continue reading »

Sep
04

Fela Kuti-”Kalakuta Show”

Fridays are for Fela. Download: MP3: Fela Kuti-”Kalakuta Show” (Left-Click)