“Fires needed to be extinguished, all kinds of things would go on”: Rikki Stein on managing Fela Kuti | Songlines
Friday, October 4, 2024

“Fires needed to be extinguished, all kinds of things would go on”: Rikki Stein on managing Fela Kuti

By Russ Slater Johnson

In a new autobiography, Rikki Stein reflects on a non-stop career working with some of the world’s most visionary musicians: Fela Kuti, The Master Musicians of Joujouka and Jimi Hendrix being three examples. Russ Slater Johnson gets Stein to sit still for a minute and attempt to summarise it all

Fela And Rikki, 1986, Photo Credit Femi Osunla

Fela Kuti and Rikki Stein in 1986 (photo: Femi Osunla)

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