Ok, then, some musical education. Femi Kuti is Nigerian and the son of Fela Kuti who pretty much pioneered Afrobeat. He plays a really booty shaking, upbeat music that combines a lot of the best in funk and traditional African music. He's played internationally for quite some time and has put out great collaborations with more well known artists like Mos Def. He and his band played for about 80,000 at Glastonbury this year.
Femi live in Toronto: http://www.youtube.com/v/Li7oTK-ZXbU Femi Kuti and Mos Def: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEzge8k4-OQ As for Taj Mahal, well, he is a flat out blues legend. Plays bad ass, gritty, ass shaking slide guitar. He's played with most everyone over the last 50 years and really just kicks ass. Perhaps best known for his song Statesboro Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQMU1S8FhKg Judah On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > never heard of either. > > hahahaah > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Which show should I go to this Friday? Both Taj Mahal and Femi Kuti >> are in town and playing the same night. I've never gotten to see >> either of them live before. Neither show is hugely expensive. What >> should I do? >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322316 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
