{"id":18899,"date":"2013-10-12T06:03:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T14:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=18899"},"modified":"2013-10-12T09:55:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T17:55:54","slug":"watch-my-morning-jacket-with-tune-yards-and-alabama-shakes-singers-cover-fela-kuti-on-fallon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-10\/watch-my-morning-jacket-with-tune-yards-and-alabama-shakes-singers-cover-fela-kuti-on-fallon\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch My Morning Jacket, with tUne-yArD’s and Alabama Shakes’ Singers, Cover Fela Kuti on Fallon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A fundraising album entitled, Red Hot + Fela<\/em><\/strong>, was released this week in honor of legendary Nigerian Afrobeat<\/strong> artist Fela Kuti<\/strong><\/a>, whose influence was felt worldwide.\u00a0 The album was produced by the AIDS awareness group Red Hot<\/strong><\/a>, and includes Fela<\/strong> covers by Nneka, Spoek Mathambo, My Morning Jacket, Questlove, Alabama Shakes, tUnE-yArDs<\/strong> and other great artists .<\/p>\n

Last night on the Jimmy Fallon Show, My Morning Jacket, Merrill Garbus<\/strong> (of tUnE-yArDs<\/strong>) and Brittany Howard<\/strong> (of the Alabama Shakes<\/strong>), sprinkled with some Roots<\/strong>, performed a scintillating cover of Fela Kuti\u2019s Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am.<\/em> <\/strong> Check out the impressive performance below, with Jim James<\/strong> channeling well the spirit of Fela Kuti<\/strong>.\u00a0 You can listen to the new album on Canadian Broadcasting HERE<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Following the video is the album’s tracklist.<\/p>\n