[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] tUnE-yArDs + ?uestlove + Akua Naru + Angelique Kidjo, Lady 19,489 plays

tUnE-yArDs teams up with ?uestlove, rapper Akua Naru, and African singer Angélique Kidjo for a very enjoyable cover of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti’s Lady. It’s taken from (RED) Hot + FELA collaboration (Red Hot are the folks behind Dark Was The Night - probably the greatest compilation ever made). All profit goes to the fight against AIDS, so head over to iTunes right now and support this cause.

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] Florence Welch + Dev Hynes, Never Let Me Go 1,241 plays

Florence Welch teamed up with Dev Hynes, better known as Blood Orange, for a special version of the former’s “Never Let Me Go” off her latest album Ceremonials. 

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Working woman jam of the day

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] Antibalas, Sare Kon Kon (redux) 2,822 plays

12-piece Afrobeat band Antibalas hail from Brooklyn, and are signed to Daptone Records, along with local superstars like Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. The band is prepping for their first album release in five years, and they’ve given us a taste of what’s to come with this new tune “Sare Kon Kon (redux)”. Get prepared to get the f up and dance. 

The soulful, funky Alabama Shakes sure let it rip during their showcase at SXSW (you can stream their entire 50 minute set here). The Shakes’ full-length debut Girls & Boys is out April 10th, but you can stream it here now, and you won’t be sorry.

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I have been really digging the tropical sounds of Amadou & Mariam, a musical duo from Mali, and now they’ve stepped it up to a whole new level, inviting TV on the Radio’s Kyp and Tunde to feature on their song “Wily Kataso” off their upcoming album Folila. Folila drops April 10. 

Youtube Gold: Bob Dylan once said “Tupelo Honey has always existed and Morrison was merely the earthly vehicle for it.” Well put, Bob. Here’s Van the Man performing “Tupelo Honey”, one of my all-time favorite songs, live in 1980, with an incredible solo by the talented PeeWee Ellis, sax player for James Brown.

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Dan Auerbach/Dr. John

On April 5th (my birthday!) New Orleans legend Dr. John and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys will be playing together at BAM. Just found out my super-rad bf got us tickets, so I’ll be there! Dan and The Night Tripper be performing tracks from their upcoming album Locked Down, which is out April 3rd, and if the show is anything like the setlist Dan is holding, it’s going to be awesome. As a taste of what’s to come: check out the duo’s first single “Revolution” over at Rolling Stone. 

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] , THEESatisfaction - QueenS 25,541 plays

I heard a lot of good things about THEESatisfaction from the folks at SXSW this year, so I decided to give them a shot. Their label Sub Pop describes their sound as “funk-psychedelic feminista sci-fi epics with the warmth and depth of Black Jazz and Sunday morning soul, frosted with icy raps”. I feel pretty comfortable describing it as tUnE-yArDs meets Funkadelic. Here’s “QueenS”, the first single off their album Awe Natural, which drops next week. In the meantime, you can stream the full album over at NPR.