“The most important musician of the last 50 years.”
– Brian Eno

“[Lagos No Shaking] is probably the best soul album – in the real sense of the word – you’ll hear this year….classic, blistering Afrobeat in the Fela Kuti tradition, but with a warmer, bluesier feel…”
– The Daily Telegraph (UK)

“Throbbing Afrobeat grooves are given a contemporary R&B makeover on a dozen dancefloor tracks with a propulsion that leaves you wondering just how many arms and legs he has.”
**** – Knowledge (UK)

The Afrobeat sound owns its very existence to its creators Fela Kuti and Tony Allen. Regarded as one of the most distinctive and in-demand drummers on the planet, Tony Allen is responsible for Afrobeat’s propulsive and melodic rhythms.

Since leaving Fela Kuti in the late ‘70s, Tony Allen has created a distinctive name for himself acting as bandleader, composer, and husky, rapping vocalist on a string of groundbreaking albums by pushing at the boundaries of African, rock, jazz and hip hop music, recording with the likes of Manu Dibango, King Sunny Ade and Blur/Gorillaz leader Damon Albarn. Now with his brand new album for Honest Jons, Tony Allen returns to Lagos, one of the world’s steamiest capitals of rhythm for his most powerful, personal, and all-African album to date, Lagos No Shaking.

Drawing on Lagos’ diverse musical traditions, Lagos No Shaking (slang for “Lagos is doing OK”) brings together several generations of musical talents into a bristling brew of unsurpassed rhythm. Collaborators include extraordinary 76 year-old vocalist Fatai Rolling Dollar, legendary saxophonists Baba Ani and Show Boy from Fela Kuti’s Afrika 70 and Egypt 80 line-ups, and vibrant soul woman Yinka Davies. Lagos No Shaking is a love letter from Africa’s city of rhythm featuring some its finest performers.

TONY ALLEN - LAGOS NO SHAKING
Tracklist:
Ise Nla
Morose
Aye Le
Losun
One Tree
Ole
Kilode
Awa NaRe
Ogogoro
Moyege
Gbedu