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Paste Magazine
tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove to Cover Fela Kuti's "Lady" for Charity
Paste Magazine
According to Pitchfork, the artists will record a cover of Fela Kuti's “Lady,” which will be included on Red Hot + FELA. The album is part of the Red Hot Organization and (RED)'s initiative to raise money to fight AIDS. Beginning June 1, you can ...
BN Bytes: ?uestlove, Angelique Kidjo, Akua Naru and tUnE-yArDs Make a Cover of ...Bella Naija
Questlove and tUnE-yArDs Team Up to Cover Fela Kuti for CharityExclaim! (blog)

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(RED)RUSH TO ZERO Campaign To Engage Gamers, Music Fans, Consumers And ...
MarketWatch (press release)
(RED)MUSIC(RED)RUSH will engage music fans through (RED)ROWS, (RED) venues and the release of a single from the forthcoming album (RED) Hot + FELA. Artists are auctioning premium seats and exclusive packages to help fight AIDS in an initiative called ...

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Baltimore Sun (blog)
'Fela!' shakes the roof at Morgan State University
Baltimore Sun (blog)
“I'm going to change Africa,” Fela Kuti says in the ambitious, highly-charged musical about his life and work. “I'm going to change the world.” “Fela!” the multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway show that has settled into Morgan State University's Murphy ...
3-time Tony Award winner FELA! coming to Jones Hall June 5-10Your Houston News

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Micropolis: Why Broadway Audiences Are Whiter Than Ever
WNYC
But Stephen Hendel, the producer of now-shuttered "Fela," which has an all-black cast, suggested audiences aren't willing to cross racial boundaries or get out of their comfort zones. "I think it's a major issue actually,” he said.


 
tUnE-yArDs & ?uestlove Team Up To Cover Fela Kuti's 'Lady' For Charity
Glittarazzi
Because The Roots' drummer, ?uestlove, has teamed up with Indie Sweetie Merrill Garbus (aka "tUnE-yArDs"), singer Angélique Kidjo and rapper Akua Naru to cover Fela Kuti's "Lady." If any of that makes no sense to you, get hip by checking out the ...

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The Guardian
Womad 2012: Femi Kuti joins Robert Plant and Jimmy Cliff at festival
The Guardian
The Nigerian musician Femi Kuti, whose funk interpretation of his father Fela's afrobeat has brought him to a new generation of fans, will be appearing at the world music festival Womad, it was announced on Thursday. Also joining Robert Plant, ...


 
S2Smagazine.com
Will Smith confirms 'Bad Boys 3'
S2Smagazine.com
Fela!, a Broadway musical about the life of African musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti, just added Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith to its production team. The cast and crew of TNT's “HawthoRNe” insist that Will Smith is starting some drama on the ...

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