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How Bill T. Jones Turned Radical African Music Into the Broadway Hit Fela!

It's easy to take for granted that Fela! would be a smash Broadway musical -- that it would make its big-stage debut to critical acclaim ("music that gets into your bloodstream," said the New York Times), that it would garner a slew of 2010 Tony nominations, and that it would revive interest in the ... More >>

Last Night: Nneka at Red Devil Lounge

​Nneka January 27, 2010 Red Devil Lounge Better Than: the State of the Union, or the Nigerian underwear bomber Berlin-based Nigerian Nneka delivered an intimate scolding to the crowd Wednesday, while moving them to jerk knees and hips to her radical Afro-funk ballads and ciphers. The chiseled-fac ... More >>

King Sunny Adé's legnthy reign

​Nneka January 27, 2010 Red Devil Lounge Better Than: the State of the Union, or the Nigerian underwear bomber Berlin-based Nigerian Nneka delivered an intimate scolding to the crowd Wednesday, while moving them to jerk knees and hips to her radical Afro-funk ballads and ciphers. The chiseled-fac ... More >>

Mexican Institute of Sound: the best of Latintronica

​Nneka January 27, 2010 Red Devil Lounge Better Than: the State of the Union, or the Nigerian underwear bomber Berlin-based Nigerian Nneka delivered an intimate scolding to the crowd Wednesday, while moving them to jerk knees and hips to her radical Afro-funk ballads and ciphers. The chiseled-fac ... More >>

Last Night: Baba Ken and the Afro-Groove Connexion at Elbo Room

Baba KenBaba Ken and the Afro-Groove ConnexionTuesday, March 31, 2009Elbo RoomBetter than: Sitting around wondering what happened to the weekend."We aim for a good party tonight. Is anybody going to work tomorrow? Nooooo." Such was the devilish proclamation made with a perma-grin by local Afro-funk ... More >>

Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: DJ Cali

By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

Music Is (Still) the Weapon

Femi Kuti makes Afrobeat for today's world

Existential Samba

Brazilian legend Gilberto Gil marries pop and politics

Funk It Up

NOMO drives Afrobeat to new destinations

Award Show Guide

Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

Give the Drummer Some

Scott Amendola is a rare bird -- a jazz drummer who writes his own material and leads his own band

Shine a Light

The Shimmer Kids Underpop Association may be ready to go aboveground

Night & Day

The Shimmer Kids Underpop Association may be ready to go aboveground

Night+Day

The Shimmer Kids Underpop Association may be ready to go aboveground