Common joined Femi Kuti at Central Park Summerstage (pics)
photos by Sachyn Mital
Femi Kuti / Common @ Central Park Summerstage, 6/23/2013
Over the course of the nearly two hour performance, Kuti and his backing band The Positive Force engaged the capacity crowd with his political and jazzy music. The band included a brass ensemble and a trio of dancers, while Kuti himself swapped between keyboards and saxophone at times. The songs included tracks off the new album and some classics, with lyrics generally addressing corruption and oppression in Nigeria. These are hardly messages that comfortable New Yorkers can relate to, when their days are marred by the placement of Citibike racks or the once possible ban on soda sizes, but the diverse crowd moved along to the music. – [Popmatters]
Afrobeat superstar Femi Kuti performed at a free Summerstage show with his band Positive Force on June 23. Kuti fan Common watched much of the show from the sidelines and joined him for a freestyle rap at one point.
The hot, afternoon show show was opened Sinkane and DJ King Britt who we missed. Pictures from Kuti’s Summerstage performance are in this post.
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