Fela!

Chairlift & Acrylics for free, Felabration, Noah & the Whale, Slick Rick, Devin Therriault & other shows & tickets

Devin Therriault plays his own show with no openers at 7pm at Mercury Lounge today (12/21) Lady Lamb the Beekeeper continues her NYC run at the Rock Shop tonight…

What's going on Monday?

tonight in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Cumbiagra @ Barbes * Kylesa, Hull @ Public Assembly * The Tiptons Sax Quartet @ Barbes * Jim Campilongo @ the Living Room * Jake Shimabukuro @ Highline Ballroom * Jakob Dylan, Nicole Atkins @ City Winery * Martha Wainwright sings Piaf @ Le Poisson Rouge * Milk & Blood, New Moods, Indyans, Wolfff @ Cake Shop * Brenden Wood, Colin Langenus, CSC Funk Band @ Zebulon * Sasha Dobson, Poundcake (Teddy Thompson) @ Rockwood Music Hall * Felabration 2010: A Tribute to Fela @ Knitting Factory * Superhuman Happiness w/ Fela…

a free Fela! show, the Budos Band @ Bowery, Patti Labelle on Broadway (but not for much longer)

The Budos Band in Prospect Park (more by David Andrako) The Budos Band celebrated the release of their new LP The Budos Band III at Southpaw last week (9/18), and now will wreck Bowery Ballroom on December 3rd…

Femi Kuti & Fela! cast members helped people dance @ Lincoln Center (pics)

“Magic was in the air outdoors at Lincoln Centre when the Fela cast joined Femi Kuti on stage” – Steven Hall Femi Kuti and the Positive Force headlined Monday night’s Midsummer Night Swing show at Damrosch Park…

Fela! didn't win Best Musical, but did get best choreography - here are the pics from the album release party

“The musical “Memphis” emerged as the early leader in the Tony Awards on Sunday night, while the film actress Scarlett Johansson won the first acting award: best featured actress in a play for her Broadway debut in the revival of Arthur Miller’s “View From the Bridge…

Fela! Broadway Cast Recording release party & album stream (and a chance to win tix to the Broadway show)

The previously mentioned BV-co-presented Fela! cast party/album release show is happening at Brooklyn Bowl on June 7th. DJ Questlove, Fela drummer Tony Allen (who also has another show coming up), OP…

The Roots add more NYC shows (on sale), releasing an album w/ indie special guests + Questlove DJ dates & more

The Roots Picnic 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) The Roots will be hosting two night of “The Jam” back at Highline Ballroom on June 15th (tickets) and June 21st (tickets)…

upcoming Fela events - Antibalas at Webster Hall & more

Kniting Factory Records, in the process of reissuing all of Fela Kuti’s catalog, is hosting at re-release party for 7 CDs (that contain 14 albums) that they’re calling “Na Poi” releases (named after his ’72 LP/song) tonight (5/10) at Knitting Factory…

Fela! gets 11 Tony Award nominations, Green Day did ok too

“The new musical Fela!, which began life Off-Broadway, and the revival of La Cage aux Folles, earned 11 nominations a piece, the most of any production of the season…

Sharon Jones duets & playing SNL with... Michael Buble? ++ Naomi Shelton, Fela! cast & others doing Haiti benefit @ KF

Sharon Jones @ Brooklyn Bowl on December 30th (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) The release date for Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings‘ new album, I Learned the Hard Way, has been moved up almost a month, from the original May 4th to April 6th…
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