This is FRESH AIR. In Nigeria in 1964, when future Afrobeat star Fela Kuti heard and hired his influential drummer Tony Allen, they were both working as jazz musicians. The following year, they ...
Tony Allen, one of the co-founders of Afrobeat, a genre that went on to define even more than five generations after it was formed, is often remembered for his time as a drummer for Nigerian great ...
Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, co-creator of Afrobeat, died at the age of 79 on Thursday, his manager has told CNN. Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, co-creator of Afrobeat, died at the age of 79 on Thursday ...
Foals singer/guitarist Yannis Philippakis has announced Lagos Paris London, an EP he made with the late Afrobeat icon and Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen. Credited to Yannis & The Yaw featuring Tony ...
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