Over the next week,we’re collaborating with Boiler Room on a fresh series, Gateways, or that explores the spreading strands of Nigerian music. And the world-renowned Afrobeat drummer is our chief guideIf you want a city that’s a contemporary musical powerhouse,you don’t need to think of London or Los Angeles or fresh York. Think instead of Lagos, the biggest city in Nigeria. The West African nation is arguably the fulcrum of African pop, and increasingly a world leader in culture. So the time feels right to explore some of the many facets of Nigerian music and how it spread and mutated around the world,in a weeklong series in organization with music platform Boiler Room: Gateways – Tony Allen and Nigeria. Related: Tony Allen: Fela Kuti, Damon Albarn and me Continue reading...
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