If you like Aphrodesia, may we recommend some of our friends:

Los Angeles' Afro Beat Down has compiled a great list of afrobeat bands all over the globe

Jujuba is afrobeat from Portland, Oregon

Fanga is from Montpellier, France

Our pals in Delta Nove have played their Afro-Funk-Brazilian Soul with Aphrodesia and many others...

And so has Al Howard and his K23 Orchestra

Hot Buttered Rum powers their bluegrass with Vegetable Oil, just like us

Members of the Aphrodesia herd have been spotted with the following bands:

Mitch Marcus Quintet- modern jazz from the Bay Area's best

Mas Cabeza- Psychedellic Afro-Cuban groove

Tom Waits- Marin-based singer/songwriter

The Japonize Elephants- Avant-circus-avant-klezmer-avant-bluegrass-garde.

sexfresh- Twangified eclectic pop

Antibalas- High-octane Brooklyn Afrobeat

Fela, Fela, Fela:

Fela Kuti- informative BBC site

The Fela Project-NYC exhibition

Africaman Original- Very cool essay on Fela by Carter Van Pelt

More Afrobeat:

Tony Allen (Africanmusicians)- Fela's drummer, and the key to the secret of Afrobeat!

Tony Allen (Jahsonic)- More

Tony Allen Interview- short but sweet

African Music Source- home of the Bay Area's West African Highlife Band, Kotoja, and the Nigerian Brothers

Afropop Worldwide- NPR Program