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A posthumous album captures the legendary drummer and Afrobeat icon at his most copacetic and polished, meeting collaborators at their level even as he urges them to his.
In a video from a Paris recording session in 2014, Tony Oladipo Allen jams behind a drum set, hands lightly grasping the sticks, his body at ease. His mind was likely laser-focused on the rhythms, and yet nothing about him reads tense or forced. In this moment, the late drummer, composer, and Fela Kuti collaborator personifies Black coolâa term that, to borrow from the Roots drummer Questloveâs description, means Allen radiated âcool heat, intensity held in check by reserves of self-possession.â
Standon Calling 2021: Fans promised greatest line-up to date headlined by Bastille, Craig David and Jake Bugg
Organiser Alex Trenchard had feared for the festival s future after the event s cancellation last year due to Covid-19.
Festival-goers enjoy Standon Calling in 2019 (Image: Martine Xerri)
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Hertfordshire’s biggest music festival returns this summer and organisers have promised fans the greatest line-up to date .
These new names announced today are just another sign that there truly is something for everyone at Standon Calling. I can’t wait to see everyone this July, it’s going to be a special one.”
A wordsmith that has carved his own undeniable path, UK album chart-topper Jake Bugg will touch down in Hertfordshire fresh from the release of latest single All I Need and will no doubt play signature hits
Lightning Bolt and
Two Fingers in his festive set.
Mahalia has been added to the Standon Calling 2021 festival line-up.
- Credit: Supplied by Zeitgeist / Standon Calling
Widely praised as a vital new voice in British music, Mahalia also heads to Standon Calling this year.
There is no end for Afrobeat legend Tony Allen His friends and collaborators decided to complete the work he had started, resulting in There Is No End , which is released on Friday. Contributor Wednesday, 05 May 2021, 07:21 Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who pioneered Afrobeat alongside his old band mate Fela Kuti, was working on a new project to showcase a new generation of stars when he died last year.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who pioneered Afrobeat alongside his old band mate Fela Kuti, was knocking out rhythms right up until his death last year at the age of 79.
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Updated May 4, 2021
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 27, 2010 Nigerian drummer Tony Allen performs during the Glastonbury festival near Pilton. (Photo by LEON NEAL / AFP)
Legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who pioneered Afrobeat alongside his old band mate Fela Kuti, was knocking out rhythms right up until his death last year at the age of 79.
And as shown on a new album out this week, Allen never stopped pushing boundaries and promoting young talent.
At the time of his death in April 2020, he was deep into a new project that aimed to showcase a new generation of stars.