“‘Bullet Train to Vegas’ b​/​w ‘Hand Over Fist’ felt like a limited-edition pressing of one single that was made specifically for me.” Nabil Ayers on Drive Like Jehu in the latest Resonance. daily.bandcamp.com/resonance/idri…

Great writing by Nabil Ayers on an epic 7'
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#ripRickFroberg

I’m sharing some of my favorite Tiny Desk Contest entries for NPR Music’s Top Shelf series on April 18th! Set your reminder to join me in the live chat:

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Excited to write this Resonance piece for @bandcamp Daily about the best 7” single ever released. And even excited about these images of ‘90s me.

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L'incredibile tour di Fela Kuti e Roy Ayers nel 1979 in Nigeria, di Nabil Ayers (figlio di).
Dopo tanti anni riascolto 'Music of Many Colours'. Gran disco.

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It was nostalgic and inspiring to see Descendents play last night in Brooklyn. I first saw them in high school in SLC in 1986. Then twice in 1987-once in SLC, and again at Maxwell’s in Hoboken. The same 4 people are still killing it 4 decades later.

'Music of Many Colors' is one of my absolute favorite records. Never knew utterly crazy story behind it! Great read from Nabil Ayers theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

More about how I fell into this Fela Kuti story

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Had a great time on NTS Radio with Nabil Ayers. We played David S. Ware, Emanuel Wilkins, Steve Lyman, Marzette Watts, Carla bley, Patricia Brennan, and… me. You can listen back below.

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'Fela’s bass player comes in for sound check, and he’s got his bass guitar over one shoulder, and a bow and arrows over his other shoulder'

When you think you've heard it all, a new Fela story shocks you.

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‘Bass on one shoulder, bow and arrows on the other’: life with Fela Kuti on history’s most dangerous tour theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

'Bass on one shoulder, bow and arrows on the other' - read the The Guardian article on life with Fela Kuti on history’s most dangerous tour.

📸 Lou Carnevale

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I’m thrilled to have this published in The Guardian with some incredible, never before seen photos that were found in the nick of time. I’ll post more photos soon on my Substack.  

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Didn’t make it on Finding Your Roots but made the trailer

Weird, I thought he was a good guy

Live on NTS Radio today/tonight!

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‘Good evening, we’re The Breeders’.

Live at Madison Square Garden, supporting Olivia Rodrigo.

Cc. theBreeders Olivia Rodrigo

New Substack post about bands killing it on TV

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My favorite moment from this conversation at Duke University last fall with No Comps Left of Black youtu.be/B3XsmB2gIJA?si…

🎙️📚 Left of Black Returns with @NabilAyers, author My Life in the Sunshine: Searching for My Father and Discovering My Family

April 4 at 1:15 PM
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