Sandra Izsadore influenced Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti during his 1969 U.S. visit. While not its creator, her impact on the genre is undeniable.

Femi Kuti, a multiple Grammy-nominated artist ... He couldn’t because there was no song that Fela asked him to put the drum pattern for him. It is impossible. “When Fela was writing, no ...

GONYEA: The album draws inspiration from jazz, funk and West African music, and it pays homage to the Afrobeat sound that Femi's father, Fela ... OF SONG, "JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE") KUTI: (Singing ...

The new song reimagines a version from Kuti’s original ... Already being a student of Fela Kuti, I easily gravitated to Seun’s music!” Of Pos, Kuti says, “The best thing about ...

Beyond revolutionizing the Afrobeat genre by mixing West African sounds with American jazz and soul, Fela was ... able to hear Kuti's recent work along with yet-to-be-recorded songs when Seun ...

The son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti brings his father's longtime ... More recently, Kuti appeared on "When We Move" -- a Common song that also featured the Roots rapper Black Thought ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FEMI KUTI SONG, "POLITICS DON EXPOSE THEM") GONYEA ... and it pays homage to the Afrobeat sound that Femi's father, Fela Kuti, helped create in the 1960s. Kuti spoke to us from ...