{"article":{"id":141398,"heading":"Music Monday! Aphrodesia","author":"small WORLD Podcast","created":"2005-12-13 22:08:33","modified":"2013-11-11 00:37:04","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:37:04","article":"

Interview with Ezra of Aphrodesia. We discuss the influence of poet Gary Snyder on the song \"Progression\/Destruction\"; choosing Aphrodesia as the name of the band; how the group came together; songs that Lara has learned from Ghana and Zimbabwe; white people co-opting black music; Aphrodesia's invitation to tour with the African Show Boys in Ghana in February 2006; respect and recognitin from African musicians and bands; the resurgence of afrobeat; Antibalas; Fela Kuti; the political messages in afrobeat; the war on Iraq; the Bush administration; infusing the political leanings of afrobeat with an American sensibility; Aphrodesia's version of Fela Kuti's \"No Agreement\"; Stiff Pickle Orchestra; the inevitable comparison to Fela Kuti or Tony Allen when performing afrobeat; highlife; Ali Farka Touré; the Aphrodesia biodeisel tour bus; how restaurants react when they approach them for their vegetable oil; their next show at the Elbo Room December 16th; opening for the String Cheese Incident at the Anon Salon Sea of Dreams December 30th; the New Year's Eve Black and Red Ball at the Mateel Community Center, Redway, California December 31st; click here to view upcoming Aphrodesia shows; the mbira.

Featured songs are \"Progression\/Destruction\", \"Mr. President\" and \"Flat Tire\".

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