21st Century Maroon Colony » Fela Kuti http://www.21maroons.com Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:32:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Felabration!!! http://www.21maroons.com/felabration/ http://www.21maroons.com/felabration/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:51:09 +0000 Brew http://www.21maroons.com/?p=2188 In honor of the relaunch of Fela Kuti’s catalogue, beginning Oct. 27th, and the Broadway debut of Fela!, on Oct. 19th, Giant Step is throwing a bunch of events to celebrate all things Fela. If you have a chance to get to one, it should definitely be a dope experience. Dates and locales after the jump!!

10/15 – NEW YORK CITY (DOWNTOWN)
Jump’n’Funk, Libation, FELA! & S.O.B.’s present: Felabration! w/ DJ’s Rich Medina & Ian Friday @ S.O.B.’s

10/15 – LOS ANGELES
Afro Funke’ presents: Felabration! w/ DJ Nu-Mark, Amon (on percussion), resident DJs Jeremy Sole & Glenn Red, host Rocky Dawuni + special guests @ Zanzibar

10/15 – SEATTLE
SunTzu & Giant Step present: Blueprint / Felabration! w/ SunTzu Sound DJs, special guest Ohmega Watts, & more @ Grey Gallery & Lounge

10/15 – MEXICO (Playa Del Carmen)
Uhuru Afrika presents: Fela Lives! w/ DJs Adam Gibbons, Sabine, & more @ Mi Casa Es Su Casa Holiday

10/15 – PHILADELPHIA
Flygirrl presents: Candyland / Felabration Tribute w/ DJ Mike Nyce @ The Arts Garage

10/16 – LOS ANGELES
Footlong Development & Frolab present: Jump’n’Funk w/ DJ Rich Medina + opening set by DJ Marvski @ Tantra

10/16 – CHICAGO
Listen:Up presents Felabration! w/ DJ Ron Trent & DJ Spinna @ The Shrine

10/17 – SAN FRANCISCO
Giant Step presents: Jump’n’Funk w/ DJ Rich Medina @ 330 Ritch

10/17 – WASHINGTON, D.C.
ESL & Giant Step present: Felabration! w/ DJ Day & live performance by The Donvonte McCoy Sextet feat. Mavis Water @ ESL

10/17 – DENVER
Afroblu presents: Felabration! w/ DJ Santos, resident DJs RJ Duran & CES, and special guests @ The Union

10/24 – BOSTON
Uhuru Afrika presents: Fela Lives! w/ DJ’s: Adam Gibbons, Max Pela, KC Hallett aka KCiv, percussion by Sidy Maiga, & special performance by WUNMI @ All Asia Bar

10/24 – ATLANTA
Spread Love, Jump’n’Funk, & Hot Ice present Felabration! w/ Roy Ayers, Rich Medina, DJ Kemit, Mausiki Scales & Common Ground Collective, DJ Ausar @ 595 North

10/31 – NEW YORK CITY (HARLEM)
Uhuru Afrika + Soul Funktion present: Fela Lives! w/ DJs: Adam Gibbons, Offbeat, DJ OBah, live percussion by Sidy Maiga, and live performance by Amayo’s Fu-Arkestra @ The Shrine

For more info click here.

]]> http://www.21maroons.com/felabration/feed/ 1 The Messengers Episodes 2 & 3: Marley & Dylan http://www.21maroons.com/the-messengers/ http://www.21maroons.com/the-messengers/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:41:15 +0000 Brew http://www.21maroons.com/?p=2135 I’m a little late on this, especially since I’m sure your appetite was whet with The Messengers Episode #1: Fela, but Episode #2: Bob Marley and Episode #3: Bob Dylan are here, featuring K’Naan’s rhymes to Bob Marley’s unifying voice…


Download The Messengers Episode #2: Bob Marley here.

… And Bob Dylan’s beautiful poetry and soulful guitar strums…


Download The Messengers Episode #3: Bob Dylan here.

]]> http://www.21maroons.com/the-messengers/feed/ 0 The Messengers, Episode #1: Fela http://www.21maroons.com/the-messengers-episode-1-fela/ http://www.21maroons.com/the-messengers-episode-1-fela/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:58:49 +0000 Brew http://www.21maroons.com/?p=2016 K’Naan (one of my favorite philosopher lyricists) has joined forced with J.Period, the mixtape master, to bring us The Messengers, a three-part mixtape series. The Messengers features the music of three of the most influential “messengers,” Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, and Fela Kuti. Episode #1 feature K’Naan’s rhymes to Fela’s Afro-beats. It’s definitely worth a listen, a download, a blast from the speakers….

The Messengers Episode #1: Fela Kuti

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