Fela Kuti & The Africa 70 - Music Of Fela: Roforofo Fight Artist_Chara Leroy Burgess

Leroy Burgess

During that decade and the following one

this recording is one of two shows  Gizz played at Barracuda (RIP) in downtown Austin that weekend and we were set up to capture it in all its glory

soft electronic minimalism

Szabo formed an innovative quintet (1967-1969) featuring the brilliant

Fela Kuti & The Africa 70 - Music Of Fela: Roforofo Fight Artist_Chara Leroy BurgessBy 1972, when Music of Fela: Roforofo Fight was originally released (on two vinyl albums, Music of Fela Volume One and Volume Two), Fela was becoming one of the most avidly followed musicians in West Africa. His audience came from among the region's urban poor, the "sufferheads" living in the shanty towns around the major cities, along with growing numbers of students and political dissenters. Fela championed, and sang about the problems of, oppressed