S3E5 with Dele Sosimi

It's St. Patricks day so we thought we would bring you a legend of Afrobeat (after we chat about Irish B-Sides and The Horeslips obviously). Dele Sosimi joined Fela Kuti's band as a teenager and learned the tricks of the trade from the Godfather of Afrobeat and his stickman Tony Allen. Dele spent years learning from the best in the business, playing 8 hour gigs, shuffling through Fela's own private vinyl collection and of course negotiating a route through the difficulties of being a political musician under a brutal regime. Dele rose from keyboard player to band leader of the Egypt 80. After Fela's death Dele found himself in London and built himself an incredible reputation for being leading one of the hottest bands around, bring Afrobeat to a new audience. Still touring and recording with elite musicians from around the world Dele took the time to talk to us about all that he has learned along his turbulent musical journey. An absolutely fascinating interview we know you will enjoy. Before we get into that though Deb and Eamon discuss 6Music's 20th birthday, an incredibly long box set and what the B-Side means to a music lover. We strongly recommend you listen to Dele:https://www.delesosimi.org/LIKE - SUBSCRIBE - RT - SHARE - BUILD A STATUE TO US - REMEMBER IT'S DEBS NOW If you really wanted to talk to us you would find a way. Go on, give it a go. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.