Wednesday, April 18, 2012 / 8:00 PM Regular: $25 |
Seun Kuti + Egypt 80
The youngest son of the Nigerian Afrobeat innovator Fela Kuti, Seun has
stepped into the spotlight. With funky, soulful, driving, African rhythms
and his dad’s old band Egypt 80 behind him, Seun’s a force to be reckoned
with. Featuring keyboards, guitars, a punchy horn section, interlocking
layers of percussion, and a female call-and-response chorus, this eighteen-piece
incarnation of Egypt 80 sounds like it did on Fela’s later recordings,
but with a crisper, more modern sound, and atmospheric samples that nod
at contemporary hip-hop. |