Fela’s protégé, Babalola unveils 2017 concert series

Lekan Babalola, a protégé of Afrobeat music legend, late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, is currently touring the world with the Atomic Bomb, music of William Onyeabor featuring the likes of David Byrne (Talking Heads), Money Mark (Beastie Boys), Alexis Taylor (Hot Chips) and many others. The Birmingham, United Kingdom-based percussionist unveiled plans for his 2017 concert […]

Lekan Babalola, a protégé of Afrobeat music legend, late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, is currently touring the world with the Atomic Bomb, music of William Onyeabor featuring the likes of David Byrne (Talking Heads), Money Mark (Beastie Boys), Alexis Taylor (Hot Chips) and many others.

The Birmingham, United Kingdom-based percussionist unveiled plans for his 2017 concert series tagged ‘Ebo Tour’. Scheduled to tour major cities in the United Kingdom from June Babalola’s concert will be powered by the Sacred Funk project and his agency, Temple Management Company. 

The Ebo Tour kicks-off on Saturday, 17th June at Somerfest Festival, Somerset featuring spoken word by Dr. Olu Taiwo. The Sacred Funk train moves to Mostly Jazz and Funk Mosley Park in Birmingham on 9th July. It makes its next stop in Manchester at Band on The Wall on 27th July. 

Other schedules include Colchester Arts Centre, Essex on Sunday, 24th September, Vortex Jazz Club, London and The Canteen, Bristol on 30th September.

Babalola, who was described as an extraordinary percussionist in music and jazz by Nick Gold, has twice won Grammy Awards with artists such as Ali Faka Toure and Cassandra Winson.