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Tony Allen (1940 - 2020) has long been acknowledged as Africa's finest drummer and one of the continent's most influential musicians Together with Fela Kuti (with whom he played for 15 years) Allen co-created Afrobeat - the hard-driving, horns-rich, funk-infused, politically insurrectionary style which became such a dominant force...
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Out of stockBuena Vista Social Club is both the name given to this extraordinary group of musicians and the album, recorded in just seven days in 1996 in Havana’s 1950s vintage EGREM studios It was clear from the atmosphere of the recording sessions that something very special was taking place However, no one could have predicted that Buena...
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Out of stockTwo years after the release of Grammy Award winning, multi-million selling Buena Vista Social Club, many of the same musicians went back into the studio to record this classic debut album from Ibrahim Ferrer The album, a collection of eleven songs sung by the golden voice of Cuban music, elevated Ferrer to superstar status Using...
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Out of stockCumbia Cumbia 1 &...