Chicago Afrobeat Project

Sat. Jan. 5

Jan. 02, 2008

midnight

The Miramar Theatre, 9 p.m. All Afrobeat bands owe some debt to genre pioneer Fela Kuti, but the Chicago Afrobeat Project is particularly beholden to his legacy. The group’s latest collection, (A) Move to Silent Unrest, even features cover art painted by G. Lemi, the artist who designed many of Kuti’s albums. This isn’t to say that they’re strict traditionalists. Even more than most Afrobeat acts, the ensemble has a kitchen-sink mentality, drawing from the deep, bassy sounds of Chicago house music in addition to the requisite percussive funk and African influences that characterize their namesake genre.

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If the public weighs in it will never get done. E...

If the public weighs in it will never get done. Everyone will be there with their hand out wanting a piece of the action. Inner city groups will want the contractor to hire the unemployables and over pay them. Unions will want some juice off of the project. Various politicians will want to be able to take some credit . No, just let Abele say yeah or nay and everybody else just sit back, shut up, and mind their own business.

Anonymous more than 12 years ago

One of the more appealing things about living down...

One of the more appealing things about living downtown is/was the easy availability of transit. So is it really a good idea to tear down the transit center to put up a high rise apartment building?

Anonymous more than 12 years ago

This show takes place on Friday, January 4th not o...

This show takes place on Friday, January 4th not on Saturday. CAbP will take the stage around 10:30 for this all-ages event

Anonymous more than 16 years ago