Legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen and Brit-pop jack-of-all-trades Damon Albarn definitely "go back" a ways. In 2000, Albarn, frontman of Blur, gave a shout-out to Allen in the lyrics …
My Morning Jacket have recorded Fela Kuti's "Trouble Sleep (Yanga Wake Am)" with Brittany Howard of the Alabama Shakes and Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs, backed by the Antibalas Horns for …
Non-profit AIDS relief organization Red Hot has a history of releasing great benefit albums, most notably 2009's Dark Was the Night, which had a guest list that read like a …
Nigerian G.O.O.D. music artist D'Banj teamed up with fellow labelmate Big Sean and Snoop Lion for an unsurprisingly infectious new track. The song, entitled "Blame It On The Money", is …
Check out this sweet psychedelic video for Nigerian guitarist Bombino's new song "Azamane Tiliade". Featured prominently in the video is The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, who produced the album …