
World music giant Femi Kuti is set to release his first album of new material in seven years. The Afrobeat star will unleash Day By Day on November 18th. If you can't wait that long, Kuti is appearing on the track "Make You Crazy" which will be on Brett Dennan's forthcoming album. You can listen to that song here . Femi Kuti's MySpace

I've been enjoying Brett Dennen's new "Make You Crazy" track from his upcoming release 'Hope for the Hopeless' out October 21, 2008. The song features the legendary Femi Kuti . Luckily for me and all of you, the track is available right here as a FREE download!! Download "Make You Crazy" MP3 Watch the video of Brett performing "Make You Crazy" on NYC NPR station WFUV : [...]
by kevin diamond Saturday morning, I sat down and asked my cell phone some questions. Luckily for me, that cell phone was on speaker, and Thievery Corporation 's Eric Hilton was on the other line. Otherwise I would've looked real silly. Eric talked about World Hunger, the mood in DC, and why hip hop isn't good anymore, among other things. My apologies to Mr. Hilton for conducting the interview at 11 AM on a Saturday morning. He'd only been awake for 20 minutes, and I, not even that long. [...]

Singer/songwriter Brett Dennen 's October release 'Hope For The Hopeless' on Dualtone Music Group/Downtown Music will be followed by a pared-down mini-tour sponsored by organic drink-maker Guayaki Yerba Mate . Tickets became available September 18 for the intimate tour which starts in Portland, OR on November 3, 2008 and wraps at New York City's Canal Room November 18. Please see below for a full list of dates. The mini-tour is a return to the smaller venues Brett began playing just five years ago; Dennen and his full band are preparing a larger headlining tour [...]
You want to see that real ass shaking for a couple hours straight? Afrobeat's favorite Nigerian son Femi Kuti goes beng beng beng all over the 9:30 Club tonight (tickets are still on sale ). And the 12 year old cat on the alto sax is Kuti Jr, so. Enjoy a few classics from Femi, his pop Fela and Nigeria's third most popular band (not to be confused with New Zealand's fourth most popular folk parody duo) below. Make some banana pancakes on this and try to be in a bad mood (from the window you might look a [...]

H ere's another round of MP3's from the artists scheduled to play Lollapalooza 2007 . Look for more info on places to eat, drink, sleep, and play while you are in Chicago for Lollapalooza or even P4K coming soon. MP3 | David Vandervelde - Jacket The Moonstation House Band MP3 | Muse - Map Of The Problematique Black Holes And Revelations MP3 | Femi [...]

Now in its third year the African Soul Rebels tour goes from strength to strength. Three of Africa's finest take turns to shake up the staid atmosphere but stunning sound of the Barbican Centre: Akli D from Algeria, Ba Cissoko from Guinea Bissau, and top of the bill Nigeria's Femi Kuti. If there's a natural heir to the kind of barn storming grand show that James Brown produced its the Afrobeat funk of Femi. Just as his father Fela influenced and was influenced by The Godfather, Femi's band Positive Force begin the show in theatric fashion. Building up [...]