THE FONTANELLES: Horns Of Freedom (2013)

November is this year’s month of afrobeat it would appear what with The Fontanelles’ Horns Of Freedom and The Liberators Power Struggle both coming out. The Fontanelles (in case you didn’t read about July single Pinprick/ Criminality on MB) used to be the onstage band for the London run of Fela Kuti musical Fela! You imagine it would have been a bit hard to go home and forget all about it if you’d been playing on a nightly basis with like-minded musicians as part of such an effort and…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

THE FONTANELLES: Pinprick/Criminality (2013)

What happens to a highly skilled twelve piece afro funk band put together for the Fela Kuti musical when the musical has run its course? They get signed by First Word Records of course. I can imagine the conversation now… “So what are this lot going to call themselves then?” “They decided they were going to be called The Fontanelles!” “‘The Fontanelles’!? You’re shitting me? They’ve …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM