Tony Allen

Danny Brown, Skepta Contribute to Posthumous Tony Allen Album

PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2021

Details of a forthcoming album from late Afrobeat icon Tony Allen — featuring work with Danny Brown, Skepta, Jeremiah Jae and more — have s...

Keleketla! Cross Borders on Celebratory Self-Titled LP

PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2020

Artists from Johannesburg to London and from Lagos to L.A. come together on the self-titled debut from Keleketla! The name says it all. A w...

Gorillaz Release Tony Allen Collaboration "How Far?"

PUBLISHED May 2, 2020

Gorillaz have released new track "How Far?," featuring legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen and rapper Skepta, in tribute of Allen, who di...

R.I.P. Afrobeat Hero Tony Allen

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2020

Afrobeat legend Tony Allen has died. According to a reports, the famed Fela Kuti drummer and songwriter passed away on Thursday (April 30)...

​Angelique Kidjo Recruits Ezra Koenig, Blood Orange, Tony Allen for Talking Heads Cover Album

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2018

Angelique Kidjo has revealed plans for an upcoming full-album cover of the Talking Heads' 1980 LP Remain in Light. It's due out June 8 via...

Chicago Afrobeat Project featuring Tony Allen

What Goes Up

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2017

The righteous assertions of Afrobeat's sonic revolution are most present in our culture as polyrhythms that are pervasive in genres from po...

Afrobeat Great Tony Allen Returns with 'The Source'

PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2017

Once again, Afrobeat great Tony Allen is set to twist up our minds with a new album of beautifully complex rhythms. The drum hero's latest...

Tony Allen Grabs Damon Albarn for New 'Film of Life' LP

PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2014

Though the details are slim, it's been confirmed that prolific Afrobeat master drummer Tony Allen is set to issue his first solo effort in...