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Morning Becomes Eclectic

Fela Kuti

Novena Carmel
Novena Carmel
Hand-Picked Music Indie / AltSoul / Funk
Tom Schnabel interviews Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer and pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
Tom Schnabel interviews Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer and pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
Jun 18, 1986

Tom Schnabel interviews Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer and pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

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    Tom Schnabel

    host of KCRW’s Rhythm Planet

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    Ariana Morgenstern

    Executive Producer, Music Department & Today's Top Tune

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