A new video interview with film scholar Peter Kramer discussing The General
Each chapter contains portraits of guitarists (past and present) and their favourite instruments
A global account of military strategy
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of a man living amidst nearly unimaginable pomp and luxury while his people teetered between hunger and starvation
Afrodisiac (Vinyl) Legs McNeil A new video interview withFela Kuti (1938 1997) was a Nigerian musician, producer, arranger, political radical, outlaw and the originator of Afrobeat. A titanic musical and sociopolitical voice, Felas legacy spans decades and genres, touching on jazz, pop, funk, hip hop, rock and beyond. The songs on Afrodisiac were tracks that Fela and the Nigeria 70 (Later Africa 70) re recorded at Abbey Road Studios in 1972 after they had become hits in Nigeria. The best known song on the