... Why has electric African music lately appealed to Western listeners when the West had so far mainly paid attention to instrumental styles Afrobeat and highlife ...
... Men in their 40s bopped along to the band's indie-afrobeat-ska-pop concoction, and the overall mood of the crowd was excited and supportive (with the ...
... The lineup this year looks particularly strong (though this is not a final list, and the artist list is subject to change): Nigerian Afrobeat heir Femi Kuti ...
... music--sounds which speak to one's inner starchild--and the funk template has already lent itself not just to hip-hop, but neo-soul, nu-Afrobeat, house, and ...
... of IDM that's not officially named as such, from old-school world-tinged new wave like the Talking Heads' "I Zimbra," to message-laden Afrobeat from Fela to ...