Africa: Meridian Brothers Turn to Africa On Mi Latinoamérica Sufre

[Afropop] The Colombian alternative act Meridian Brother, is a one-man-band in the recording studio, and a five-piece ensemble on stage. The one man in question is Eblis Álvarez, a veteran of Bogota's underground music scene since 1998. The most recent in a string of conceptual Meridian Brothers releases, Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento, traced the trajectory of "an invented veteran salsa band being reborn in a compromised state, questioning our obsession with truth and lies, illusion and

Africa: Pan-African Legacies Converge in Seun Kuti, Damian Marley’s ‘Dey’

[Afropop] On June 26, Seun Kuti and Damian Marley released "Dey" -jazzy, funky, and indicative of the sound that defined Nigerian star Fela Kuti's Afrobeat.