Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra at Higher Ground February 24, 2006

ANTIBALAS AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA W/ Jeremiah Lockwood Friday, February 24 Higher Ground Ballroom $13 advance | $15 day of show Doors 8pm | Show 9pm http://www.antibalas.com Since 1998, the Brooklyn-based cooperative (?anti-bullets? or ?bulletproof? in Spanish) has carried the Afrobeat torch ignited by the late Nigerian singer and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Their sound combines highlife, jazz, funk, and traditional West African rhythms informed with messages of political and spiritual evolution. The band has spread its four-alarm Afrobeat inferno to festivals and world-class venues in over fifteen countries.