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When Seun Kuti had his shirt off, dancing through the end of a sweaty, magnificently funky set at the Highline Ballroom on Tuesday night, the tattoo across his muscular shoulders was visible: “Fela Lives.”
Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Seun’s father, was the creator of the hardheaded, protest-minded Nigerian funk called Afrobeat, which has now spread worldwide. When Fela died in 1997, the 14-year-old Seun took over as the singer, alto saxophonist and leader of Fela’s band, Egypt 80. Since then, Seun Kuti has emerged as far more than a caretaker for his father’s style.
In his own songs — particularly those on his new album with Egypt 80, “A Long Way to the Beginning” (Knitting Factory) — Seun Kuti makes sure that Afrobeat still bristles. Where Fela’s music often moved at smoldering medium tempos, Seun’s newer songs are faster, more insistent.
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Source: #ioNigeria
