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Posted by Chicago Afrobeat Project on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:49:00 PST |
Concert Livewire Show Review : Milwaukee, WI 1.4.08 |
With the unmistakable afrobeat sounds of Fela Kuti as the backbone, Chicago Afrobeat Project follows in the steps of Antibalas and others across the globe in blending the often fiery and contagiously...
Posted by Chicago Afrobeat Project on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:23:00 PST |
From Oddities and Enmities-WUSC |
Afrobeat is working its way closer into the mainstream every year, and 2007 is no exception having seen so many releases. CAbP keep a bright spotlight on their influences while dancing around a lot of...
Posted by Chicago Afrobeat Project on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:00:00 PST |
From audiversity.com |
Which do you think is the harder path to take on your way to musical superstardom: diving into the oceanic genres such as pop or rock or rap and trying to distinguish yourself within seas of competito...
Posted by Chicago Afrobeat Project on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:58:00 PST |
From Alarm |
Afrobeat is made to be experienced live. The large bands, spontaneous energy, and multitude of musical influences (fusing funk, R&B, and traditional African sound) are ideal for a concert experien...
Posted by Chicago Afrobeat Project on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:52:00 PST |
From LA Weekly |
Chicago Afrobeat Project, Rhythm Roots All-Stars at Temple Bar Describing most world music is like trying to explain the difference between indigo and violet to a blind man. Not so the Chicago Afr...
Posted by Chicago Afrobeat Project on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:49:00 PST |
Album Review from IE |
On Chicago Afrobeat Project's latest, (A) Move To Silent Unrest, the 11-piece collective continues its tradition of providing lively instrumental protest music. The group's highly rhythmic, horn-soake...
Posted by Chicago Afrobeat Project on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:47:00 PST |
CD release parties to start this weekend! Columbia, StLouis, Milwaukee |
Hey hey hey--Hope all is well with you! We're really excited to start our CD release parties this weekend! We're gonna be travelling with a whole mess o' people. 8 musicians, 2 dancers, 1 painter a...
Posted by Chicago Afrobeat Project on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:59:00 PST |
CAbPs 2nd Album, (A) Move to Silent Unrest, to release in October! |
Hey there all--We've finally finished our second studio album, (A) Move to Silent Unrest! It's gonna release in late September, early October with a series of CD release parties around the mid-west an...
Posted by Chicago Afrobeat Project on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:55:00 PST |
Chicago's Own Jesse de la Pena and Bobby Broom to Join CAbP at "First Beat" on 9/2 |
We are pleased to announce that DJ Jesse de la Pena and guitarist Bobby Broom will join us at Kinetic Playground on Saturday, September 2 for the return of "First Beat," the monthly late-night CAbP se...
Posted by Chicago Afrobeat Project on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:36:00 PST |
