Artist

Tony Allen

Tracks on RLJR: 13
Total plays: 268
Last.fm listeners: 300,353

Tony Allen (born Tony Oladipo Allen in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 August 1940; died 30 April 2020 in Paris) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music. Of mixed Nigerian and Ghanaian parentage, Allen taught himself to play drums by listening to records made by the American jazz drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach.

In rotation

Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same)
FROM Rejoice | 2021 | Afrobeat
3:2587×REQUEST
Secret Agent
Afrobeat
5:2148×REQUEST
Home Cooking
FROM HomeCooking | 2002 | Afrobeat
4:4444×REQUEST
Woman to Man feat. Ty
FROM Crazy Afrobeat | 2016 | Afrobeat
4:4831×REQUEST
Eparapo
FROM HomeCooking | 2002 | Afrobeat
7:1216×REQUEST
What's Your Fashion feat. Eska
FROM Crazy Afrobeat | 2016 | Afrobeat
5:098×REQUEST
After Hours Jump
FROM Afrobeat Makers (Tony Allen Rhythms Revisited) | 2012 | Afrobeat
2:237×REQUEST
Calling feat Mary & Norman
FROM HomeCooking | 2002 | Afrobeat
4:297×REQUEST
Crazy Afrobeat
FROM HomeCooking | 2002 | Afrobeat
4:536×REQUEST
Ariya (Psychejuju Mix)
FROM Crazy Afrobeat | 2016 | Afrobeat
7:024×REQUEST
Go Back (feat. Damon Albarn)
Afrobeat
3:424×REQUEST
The Seed - Edit
FROM Tomorrow Comes The Harvest | 2018 | Afrobeat
4:004×REQUEST
The Same Blood
FROM Afrobeat ...No Go Die! | Afrobeat
8:032×REQUEST

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Last heard

Woman to Man feat. Ty26 Oct
Secret Agent25 Oct
Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same)24 Oct
Eparapo23 Oct
Eparapo21 Oct
Secret Agent19 Oct
Woman to Man feat. Ty19 Oct
Secret Agent18 Oct
The Seed - Edit17 Oct
Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same)16 Oct