Re: Fela Kuti Vs Femi Kuti


BAO (tunde@arches.uga.edu)
Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:52:28 -0400 (EDT)



lease someone keep us posted when you find these tour dates

> >
> > 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.
>
> --
> Mark Turner | "Jazzadelica" with Rocky Rococo on KFJC
> mturner@netcom.com | Sundays 10pm-2am, 89.7 FM, Los Altos Hills, CA
>



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