Antibalas + Rocky Dawuni + ANALOG AFRICA Soundsystem

Brooklyn Afrobeat band Antibalas headlines a night of African music at Metro, presented as part of the Chicago World Music Festival. Modeled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band, the group mashes up jazz, funk and dub influences with sinuous guitar lines, vigorous brass blasts and groovy organ riffs. Ghanaian reggae singer-songwriter Rocky Dawuni and German Afrobeat selectors ANALOG AFRICA Soundsystem open the free show.