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Fela Kuti vinyl reissue box set curated by Coldplay‘s Chris Martin and the late afrobeat pioneer’s son Femi Kuti has been announced.‘Vinyl Box #5’ will feature seven of the late singer’s albums including ‘Why Black Man Dey Suffer’, ‘Noise For Vendor Mouth’, ‘Excuse O’, ‘Kalakuta Show’, ‘Ikoyi Blindness’, ‘Original Sufferhead’ and ‘Overtake Don Overtake Overtake’.The collection which is released on December 10, also features a 20-page full-colour booklet featuring introductions by Martin and Femi Kuti, seven in-depth commentaries on each album by veteran music journalist and Afrobeat historian, Chris May, song lyrics, never before published photos of Fela Kuti and stills taken from the 1982 documentary Music Is The Weapon.A new extended

It was prescheduled, but the carefully timed nature of the visit didn’t dampen its delight for staff, according to Beat Street Records owner Avi Shack.

By Dave McNary

Arkansas' TempleLive hosted a socially distanced concert from singer Travis McCready