Re: Fela Kuti Vs Femi Kuti


Mark Turner (mturner@netcom.com)
Tue, 3 Aug 1999 14:49:55 -0700 (PDT)



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> Come and participate in our discussion forum on Fela Kuti Vs Femi Kuti

Thanks but I'd much prefer to discuss it here, where I don't
have to see all that advertising. ;-)

There was a good article in the New York Times recently about
Femi. He's planning a US tour in the next month or so; he'll
be making a stop in San Francisco in early September.

I did not hear his first (poorly-received) album, but I think
his latest (SHOKI SHOKI) is a good update of the Afrobeat
sound. The article mentioned another son of Fela's (whose
name I've forgotten) that is leading a band more faithful to
the original Fela sound...I think they only play cover versions.

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