Tony Allen’s Afrobeat Orchestra April 19, 2011

Idolized among fans of African music, jazz, hip hop and funk, drumming icon Tony Allen is one of Africa’s most important artists, inspiring generations of musicians around the world. Alongside Fela Kuti, with whom he collaborated for 15 years, he pioneered the hard-driving, funk-infused, politically insurrectionary Afrobeat style that dominates African popular music.

Now the genre’s torch bearer, Allen’s new album Secret Agent was recorded with his touring band of musicians from Nigeria, Cameroon, Martinique and France. For more information, please visit www.carolinaperformingarts.org or call 919-843-3333.
“…a genius.”
- The Guardian

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