{"id":41411,"date":"2019-10-03T10:43:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T08:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/london-afrobeat-collective-carries-a-powerful-message-with-power-to-the-women\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:34:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:34:11","slug":"london-afrobeat-collective-carries-a-powerful-message-with-power-to-the-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/london-afrobeat-collective-carries-a-powerful-message-with-power-to-the-women\/","title":{"rendered":"London Afrobeat Collective carries a powerful message with &#8216;Power to the Women&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30035 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-54.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-54-759x348.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-54-661x303.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-54-465x213.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-54-375x172.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>&#8216;Power to the Women&#8217; is the first single extract from\u00a0<strong><em>Humans<\/em>,\u00a0the new album from the cosmopolitan band London Afrobeat Collective.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humans<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is a collection of anthemic songs with socially conscious lyrics, set to bold brass lines and hypnotic danceable grooves.\u00a0F<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">irst single <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">entitled <i>&#8216;<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power to the Women&#8217;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">demonstrates this perfectly and sets the high standard of what to come.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/El2HQLNgnzk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>London Afrobeat Collective carries powerful messages through their music, holding the torch for the original afrobeat musicians like\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/fela-kuti\/\">Fela Kuti<\/a><\/span> and continuing the mission to fight for political and social change.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LAC is now globally recognized for what they really are: not a tribute, but an ever-evolving, international band of expert musicians, continuously inspiring each other as they create distinct, sincere and powerful music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Humans<\/em>, set for release October 25th, 2019 via London Afrobeat Productions. Discover the art cover made by\u00a0Ben Hito, renowned for his designs for Parliament \/ Funkadelic, below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30033\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/London-Afrobeat-Collective.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"929\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/London-Afrobeat-Collective.jpg 929w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/London-Afrobeat-Collective-759x784.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/London-Afrobeat-Collective-661x683.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/London-Afrobeat-Collective-465x481.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/London-Afrobeat-Collective-375x388.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Power to the Women&#8217; is the first single extract from\u00a0Humans,\u00a0the new album from the cosmopolitan band London Afrobeat Collective. 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