John Cale - Long Way Out of Pain (feat. Tony Allen)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVKtzLqJTqk&t=370s

Father of the afrobeat, mr. Tony Allen

Foals’ Yannis Philippakis tells us about his favourite songs featuring Tony Allen on drums

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/foals-yannis-philippakis-tells-us-about-his-favorite-songs-ft-tony-allen-on-drums/

The Foals/Tony Allen collaboration that”includes one of my absolute favorite songs of this year so far, the undeniable ‘Walk Through Fire,’” writes Jennifer Kelly. https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/760158543356755969/yannis-and-the-yaw-lagos-paris-afternoon #Music #yannisandtheyaw #tonyallen

Tony Allen – Afrobeat Revolution

https://amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-afrobeat-revolution/

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Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – Rejoice

https://amf.didiermary.fr/rejoice-tony-allen-hugh-masekela/

When Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela met in the 70s, during Apartheid, they talked about recording together. They had to wait till 2010 to work together in the UK, but the sessions were unfortunately archived. Finally, Rejoice has been released.

After Masekela passed away in 2018, the value of these recordings [...]

Mit dem Star-Schlagzeuger Tony Allen und Foals-Sänger Yannis Philippakis treffen zwei große Musiker ganz unterschiedlicher Welten aufeinander. Ihre Musik ist trotzdem stimmig.

#DerSongDesTages #Foals #Lagos #London #Musiktipp #Paris #Popfilter #Songempfehlung #TonyAllen #YannisPhilippakis #PopfilterDerSongDesTages

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Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra - A•H•E•O #vinyl @vinylrecords #beats #drummer #TonyAllen #Afrobeat #NowPlaying

One of many cool collaborations from the great Tony Allen

Tony Allen – Film of Life

(Very) short intro to Tony Allen's album "Film of Life"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhWohF5efGA

"For his tenth album ['Film Of Life' in 2014], the human metronome of afrobeat has pulled out all the stops."

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https://amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-film-life/

Meine #TonyAllen Sammlung ist jetzt vollständig. Nun arbeite ich an #DrLonnieSmith

I have never played a New Years Eve gig, but there was one year I got to be on the air on WHRW. I played a lot of funk and party music, and I remember the song I played right before midnight for the last song of the year (I think it was 2013) was this killer track by Tony Allen. One Road Close (Another One Go Open) felt like the right message to get a new year started, then and now. https://tonyallen.bandcamp.com/track/one-road-close-another-one-go-open