Spiegelworld
Pier 17
South St & Beekman St
212.279.4200
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Antibalas
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Sunday Oct 5, 2008 (10pm)
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- Price
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$20
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When Nigeria's Fela Kuti created Afrobeat — a fusion of jazz improvisation, blistering funk bass, and local Yoruba percussion — his firebrand lyrics landed him in prison more than a hundred times, and his music remained largely obscured from global audiences. Decades later, the Afrobeat scene is booming, and Martin Perna's Antibalas are at its forefront. Tonight, the
