So far:

Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari - Ethiopian Serenade
Peter King - Watusi
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Duppy Conqueror v5

Ah who is this Fela Kuti? How would you categorize this music? I really really like it.

That particular song is highlife, a genre that was popular in Ghana and Nigeria in the '60s and '70s.

How does one do this? I mailed dodgy but didn't hear back. I'd like to do this thru my own site as well.

Good stuff, box!

Fela is kind of the James Brown, or maybe more accurately the Bob Marley, of Africa. He started out playing highlife, but by the time of his death he had moved into a heavily funk- and jazz-influenced form of Afrobeat (and, as an aside, become a fairly significant political figure in his native Nigeria).

Afrobeat (like the song I'm playing now) is typically percussion-heavy African funk. Most of the songs are polyrhythmic and groove-oriented (and, usually, long). Typically, it's played by large groups of musicians, and, frequently, the lyrics have political content.

Nice. Thanks!

(and I'm happy to finally be able to have appropriate timing to be able to listen) (^_^)

Excellent job box!

Thanks, everyone. I'm glad you like it.

The next song is the last one, but here's the playlist for the evening (aside from the few songs I mentioned above):

Twilight Circus Dub Sound System - East of Memphis
Segun Bucknor - That's the Time
Fela Kuti - Highlife Theme
Roots Radics - Reshuffle the Deck Dub
Fela Kuti - Go Slow
Antibalas - Who is This America Dem Speak of Today?
Cedric IM Brooks - Sly Mongoose
Mad Professor - Walkman Blaumann Yellowman
Gigi - Gud Fella
Bill Laswell - Ethiopia
Aswad - Ghetto in the Sky
Phil Ranelin - Sounds From the Village (ext)
Femi Kuti - Blackman Know Yourself (The Roots remix)
Oneness of Juju - Poo Too
Dr. Victor Olaiya's International All Stars - Omeleble
Yesterday's New Quintet - Dice Game
The Pan-Atlantics - Serengeti Stroke
Poets of Rhythm - Survival of the Freshest
Augustus Pablo - 555 Dub St.
Phase Selector Sound - Honey Dub
Tony Allen - N.E.P.A. (Dance Dub)
Dubblestandart - Freaks of the Industry (Runners High Dub)
Fela Kuti - Fefe Naa Efe
The Platters - Goodnight Sweetheart

damn i missed most of this, but I think tony allen won some sort of BBC world music award. and also Fela Kuti ROCKS!