Even more than its pedigree, the core virtue of Brooklyn’s Antibalas is that they’re a true multi-culti band that’s managed to escape the dilution of fusion. Instead of the well-intentioned but often ...

These are not easy times for the New York-based Antibalas, a large ensemble that uses Nigerian afrobeat to proclaim its adherence to such causes as pacifism (its Spanish-language name means both ...

Saturday, Jan. 24 will see the union of two musical acts in celebration of Afrobeat music at the main stage of the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Zap Mama and Antibalas will come together as ...

These days it seems like every city in America has its own Afrobeat combo, if not two or three. We have the Chicago Afrobeat Project, which tomorrow drops a new album, What Goes Up, featuring a guest ...

It’s not easy being Antibalas. The Brooklyn-based afrobeat band, currently 12 members strong, is an anomaly in today’s world of three-minute, auto-tuned pop songs and laptop-toting DJs. On a very ...

Members of Antibalas and Charles Bradley’s Extrodanaires made a surprise appearance at New York’s Nublu 151 on Thursday night. The evening, as billed, featured two all-improv sets by guitarist Ryley ...

Antibalas played the night’s most exploratory set. Its Afrobeat has been infused with New York City propulsion and diversity. It ratchets up Fela’s deliberate pace and sometimes exults in the ...

At certain moments in Antibalas’ superb Tuesday night show at the Echoplex, it was as if the entire African musical diaspora were parading across the narrow stage. Wasn’t that brother James Brown ...

This band wants you to get moving — but they are staying in place! Brooklyn afrobeat band Antibalas has returned to its Williamsburg roots with a monthly residency at Brooklyn Bowl. The 12-piece ...

It’s good to be bulletproof. In a world of heightened military states, unchecked policing, and the psychological warfare of consumption, it’s actually great to be bulletproof. Antibalas, whose name is ...

There just aren't many bands like Antibalas. These are jazz players making dance music: Their music is big and fun, and their guiding spirit is Fela Kuti, the brilliant big-band leader and Nigerian ...

In the aftermath of Fela Kuti's highlife/jazz/funk invention called Afro-beat, few groups have come close to the freshness, energy, and poignancy of his work. One reason is logistical: it can be hard ...