Here's a couple of cell phone photos of Seun Kuti at the World Cafe Live on Saturday night. I missed the bulk of his set because I was down at Citizens Bank Park being let down by J.C. Romero and Flash Gordon. By contrast, Seun, son of Nigerian superstar and political firebrand Fela Anikulapo Kuti, did not disappoint. The last 40 minutes or so of Seun's show with his father's band, Egypt 80, made for a gloriously polyrhythmic Afrobeat party. Here's my interview with him from Friday's paper. David Stampone's review of the WCL show is in Monday's Inquirer. Below is a video of Kuti doing "Mosquito Song" from his new album, Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80. Below that is a clip from a documentary about his father.
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