Afrobeat USA (#1241)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Antibalas – Who Is This America Dem Speak of Today? – Who Is This America?
Cascadia ’10 – Song for Nehemes – Song for Nehemes – Single
Hard Proof – Popemobile – Public Hi-Fi Sessions 03 – EP
Euforquestra – Ochun – Explorations in Afrobeat
Zion 80 – Holy Brother – Warriors
Debo Band – Musicawi Silt – Flamingoh (Pink Bird Dawn)
Donkilo! Afro Funk Orkestra – N’zérékoré N1 – Donkilo!
Aphrodesia – Say What – Precious Commodity
Jujuba – Bloo – PDX Jazz Fest
Atomga – Reisster Eggs – Black Belt

Hour 2
Chicago Afrobeat Project – No Bad News (feat. Tony Allen, Kiara Lanier & Legit) – What Goes Up (feat. Tony Allen)
Menahan Street Band – Sleight of Hand – The Crossing
Afrolicious – Do What You Got To – California Dreaming
Polyrhythmics – Labrador – Labrador
Kaleta – Jibiti – Mèdaho
Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – Yoruba – Toubab Soul
The Daktaris – Upside Down – Soul Explosion
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band – Tribulation – Bone Reader
Kokolo – More Consideration – More Consideration
Adedeji – Ojeje – Yoruba Odyssey
The Budos Band – Eastbound – The Budos Band
Original Broadway Cast: FELA! – Sorrow, Tears and Blood (feat. Sahr Ngaujah) – FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording
Akoya Afrobeat – U.S.A. – Introducing the Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble

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