Welcome to AccuRadio's "March of Time" -- We're featuring a different year every day, all month long. TODAY, it's 1997!

RIP legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen

“Without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat,” Fela Kuti once said of the drummer in his legendary band Africa ’70 drummer. Damon Albarn and Brian Eno were also famously enamored with Allen’s playing; Eno called him “one of the great musicians of the 20th century — and the 21st.” Allen died Thursday evening, age 79, of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Afrobeat

An upbeat mix of Ghanaian Highlife, Jazz, Soul, and Funk

- Advertisement -

More Channels From RIP legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen

Browse All AccuRadio Genres

-Advertisement-

Music will resume shortly...