Seun Kuti w. Imperial Boxmen

Name: Seun Kuti w. Imperial Boxmen
Start: 2025-04-21T20:00:00-06:00
Location: SPACE

Schedule

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

SPACE | Evanston, IL

Event Information:
Seun Kuti is a Nigerian musician, singer, and songwriter renowned for his captivating performances and socially conscious music. He is the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Seun has spent most of his life preserving and extending his fathers political and musical legacy as the leader of his fathers former band Egypt 80. As a developing saxophonist and percussionist, he entered the formal ranks of the band before he was 12.Seun Kuti is a Nigerian musician, singer, and songwriter renowned for his captivating performances and socially conscious music. He is the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Seun has spent most of his life preserving and extending his fathers political and musical legacy as the leader of his fathers former band Egypt 80. As a developing saxophonist and percussionist, he entered the formal ranks of the band before he was 12.In 1997 when Fela passed, in fulfilment of his fathers wishes, Seun assumed the mantle as head of Egypt 80 and he has run it ever since. As a musician and pan-African activist, Seun has been involved in a number of campaigns in recent years, including #OccupyNigeria and #EndSARS a social movement against police brutality in Nigeria. Significantly, hes revived the Movement of the People (M.O.P.), the political party his father set up in 1979, which was quashed by the military government not long after Felas failed presidential bid.Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) is the highly-awaited new album by Seun Kuti s set to make waves globally on October 4th via Milan independent label Record Kicks. Coming 6 years after the Grammy nominated album Black Times, this album marks a pivotal moment in Seun Kutis illustrious career, showcasing his evolution as an artist and activist. Executive produced by legendary musician Lenny Kravitz and Fela Kutis original engineer Sodi Marciszewer (artistic producer) and featuring special guests Damian Marley and Sampa The Great, Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) promises to deliver a sonic experience like no other. With both Kravitzs and Sodis expertise together with Seun Kutis unmatched talent, the album is poised to redefine the boundaries of contemporary music while staying true to the roots of Afrobeat. The first three songs extracted from the album are: DEY feat. Damian Marley (submitted at this years GRAMMYs Awards️ / Best African Music Performance), T.O.P. and Stand Well Well.

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