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Aphrodesia
Members of the band Aphrodesia perform. (Jan Sturmann for the Boston Globe) Jan Sturmann for the Boston Globe

Their own spin on Afrobeat

Aphrodesia honors a master and draws on fresh inspiration

By Andrew Gilbert
Globe Correspondent / April 27, 2007

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SAN FRANCISCO -- For Aphrodesia, the moment of truth came when the San Francisco band took the stage at The Shrine, the legendary Lagos club founded by Nigeria's late musical rebel-in-chief Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The gig was the culmination of a monthlong trip to West Africa, and the 11-piece combo's performance marked the first time a Western band brought Fela's ... (Full article: 913 words)

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