Yannis Philippakis was one of the last musicians to record with the late drummer and Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen. Their ...

Then check below to find out if you got the meanings right Afrobeat is a mixture of different forms of music. When you listen to an Afrobeat band, the first thing you hear probably would be the ...

Afrobeat, a genre combining traditional African music with jazz, funk, and highlife, gained global popularity in the past decade. Originating in Nigeria in the late 1960s and popularised by the ...

Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, isn’t exactly new to the industry. After signing with Mavin ...

Obiba Sly Collins, a renowned Ghanaian highlife musician who has worked with a lot of veteran musicians says Afrobeat, which incorporates highlife, originated from Ghana. The musician, who has ...

In September of 2017, 77 year old Nigerian drummer Tony Allen was invited to record the album 'What Goes Up' with American band, Chicago Afrobeat Project. During their time together, Allen ...

He says that 'Afrobeat' is Fela Kuti and years went by (after Fela died), and Nigerian musicians started dropping music that was becoming something. Fela Kuti, the father of Afrobeat, was a global ...