When the Afrobeat sensation first saw Lemi Ghariokwu’s work, he said, ‘Wow!’ Then he plied him with marijuana and asked him to design his album sleeves. The artist recalls their extraordinary ...

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

Fela Kuti, Whitney Houston, and Paul Simon are among those set to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2026 Grammys, the Recording Academy announced today. Cher, Carlos Santana, and Chaka Khan ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Byron Armstrong is a Toronto-based, CEMA award-winning journalist. Jibola Fagbamiye (left) signing copies of the graphic novel at ...

“In a world that is on fire, what do we do with art?” Jad Abumrad asks at the beginning of his new podcast series, “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man,” a deeply reported and sonically glorious biography of the ...

The song has been streamed over 3 million times in under a month. A song created through artificial intelligence has made history topping a Billboard country music chart, but it has also sent ...

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In late July 1971, on an unseasonably cold London day, a 12-piece band from Lagos, Nigeria arrived at Abbey Road Studios for two recording sessions. The band was called the Africa ‘70, and they were ...

In Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial and creative capital, food is doing something unusual. It’s keeping alive the spirit of a musician. For me the new Lagos trend raises a question: do these culinary ...

EXCLUSIVE: Prolific doc makers from both sides of the Atlantic are eyeing a doc series on Afrobeats icon Fela Kuti. Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams and his One Story Up banner are in talks ...