In late July 1971, on an unseasonably cold London day, a 12-piece band from Lagos, Nigeria arrived at Abbey Road Studios for two recording sessions. The band was called the Africa ‘70, and they were ...

Let's Start; Black Man's Cry; Ye Ye De Smell; Egbe Mi O (Carry Me I Want To Die); Ginger Baker and Tony Allen drum solo (live at the Berlin Jazz Festival 1978). Fela Ransome-Kuti: voice; Tunde ...

A previously unreleased drum solo featuring Afrobeat legend Tony Allen and Cream’s Ginger Baker has been unearthed for a 50th anniversary reissue of Fela Kuti’s Live!, arriving November 19th via ...

For those who have proverbially fallen in love with the prolific and powerful musician, Fela Kuti, there are some new goodies in the works to enjoy. This November, fans can acquire two new reissued ...

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the pioneer of Afrobeat, built an international legacy long before The Recording Academy acknowledged it ...

Considered one of the world's greatest drummers by many knowledgeable people, Ginger Baker died on October 6 of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 80. The British ...

Here are nine highlights from the legend's vast catalog, from Cream and Blind Faith to his work with Fela Kuti and Public Image. When Ginger Baker died Sunday at the age of 80 after years of ill ...

Ginger Baker, notorious hellraiser and celebrated drummer in the supergroup Cream, has died at the age of 80 at a hospital in the United Kingdom. "Dad passed away peacefully," his daughter Nettie ...

Here are nine highlights from the legend's vast catalog, from Cream and Blind Faith to his work with Fela Kuti and Public Image. When Ginger Baker died Sunday at the age of 80 after years of ill ...

When Ginger Baker died Sunday at the age of 80 after years of ill health, the rock era lost its first real superstar drummer. Mind you, Baker would’ve absolutely hated having his name tied to anything ...