Various - Nigeria Soul Power 70 - Afro-Funk, Afro-Rock, Afro-Disco online damp cloth

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a brutal army attack left Fela’s Kalakuta Republic compound burnt to the ground and many of its residents

The Leaves: "Hey Joe"

The Head on the Door was described by Melody Maker as "a collection of pop songs"

the album consists of new and traditional murder ballads

Various - Nigeria Soul Power 70 - Afro-Funk, Afro-Rock, Afro-Disco online damp clothWhile for many people the fusion of funk and jazz music with Nigerian rhythms and aesthetics began with Fela Kuti and his afro beat sound, in fact this can be traced further back to the phenomena of the 1960s Nigerian artists and house bands in nightclubs and hotels who interpreted US soul and pop music with a local flavor and none more so than Geraldo Pino, the African James Brown who features heavily in this collection. Other similarly inspired