Live at Lincoln Center, NYC with Davido, FELA! Bway Dancers

We had a crazy night at Okayafrica's AfrobeatXAfrobeats concert at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors series at Damrosch Park, doing a set of our own and then collaborating on a few songs with Nigerian pop sensation Davido. Here are some of our favorite pics from the audience:

The crowd was live! Thanks to @arielsutra for this.

@okayafrica ❤️ @okaygingerlynn #antibalas #davido #lincolncenter #outofdoors #sogood

A photo posted by arielsutra (@arielsutra) on Jul 29, 2016 at 7:35pm PDT

Thanks to Jean-Baptiste Sankara @jbsankara for these two below:

"A griot (/ˈɡri.oʊ/; French pronunciation: [ɡʁi.o]), jali or jeli (djeli or djéli in French spelling) is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a societal leader due to his traditional position as an advisor to royal personages." @antibalas @okayafrica . #igdc #newyork #nyc #ig_nycity #newyork_ig #Saidawiseafrican #thecreatorclass #jbsankara #usaprimeshot #sonya7s #theamericancollective #shootermag #agameoftones #bythings #neverstopexploring #welivetoexplore #passionpassport #artofvisuals #neverstopexploring #portraits #sonyimages #sonyalpha #makeportraitsnotwar #igers #photooftheday #quoteoftheday #justgoshoot #createcommune #heatercentral #washingtondaily #acreativedc

A photo posted by Jean-Baptiste SANKARA (@jbsankara) on Jul 30, 2016 at 9:00pm PDT

#music, a universal language. @antibalas @okayafrica @lincolncenter . . . #igdc #newyork #nyc #ig_nycity #newyork_ig #Saidawiseafrican #thecreatorclass #jbsankara #usaprimeshot #sonya7s #theamericancollective #shootermag #agameoftones #bythings #neverstopexploring #welivetoexplore #passionpassport #artofvisuals #neverstopexploring #sonyimages #sonyalpha #instagood #acreativedc #photooftheday #afrobeat #justgoshoot #createcommune #heatercentral #washingtondaily #antibalas

A photo posted by Jean-Baptiste SANKARA (@jbsankara) on Jul 30, 2016 at 1:11pm PDT

and some amazing ones by Ralston Smith @ralstonrsmith

Visual artist Laolu (@laoulunyc) was there before the show creating works of art on the body, including a masterpiece on the face of Amayo.

{reflections // laolu x amayo} @laolunyc @antibalas @okayafrica #blackandwhitephotography #ralstonsmith

A photo posted by Ralston Smith (@ralstonrsmith) on Jul 30, 2016 at 10:53am PDT

{amayo // portraits} @laolunyc @antibalas @okayafrica #blackandwhitephotography #portraits #ralstonsmith

A photo posted by Ralston Smith (@ralstonrsmith) on Jul 30, 2016 at 10:12am PDT

The dancers from the FELA Broadway show were in full effect.

the queens // afrobeat X afrobeats #lincolncenter #antibalas #okayafrica #davido #nyc #fela #ralstonsmith

A photo posted by Ralston Smith (@ralstonrsmith) on Jul 30, 2016 at 1:54am PDT

Clenched Fist Productions (@FistupTV) got some great shots. Below is percussionist Reinaldo deJesus and dancer Iris Wilson.

#AntiBalas for #FelaKuti at #lincolncenter #okayafrica #davido #conga @antibalas @okayafrica #fistuptv

A photo posted by Clenched Fist (@fistuptv) on Jul 30, 2016 at 10:58pm PDT

Getting down in the name of #FelaKuti at #lincolncenter ✊ #blackpresident with #Antibalas and #Davido @antibalas @okayafrica

A photo posted by Clenched Fist (@fistuptv) on Jul 29, 2016 at 7:59pm PDT

And this one of guitarist Bryan Vargas...

#Antibalas #afrobeat x #afrobeats #okayafrica #lincolncenter @antibalas

A photo posted by Clenched Fist (@fistuptv) on Jul 30, 2016 at 11:04pm PDT

West Coast - SF and LA

Thanks to everyone in San Francisco and Los Angeles who came to see us this past weekend. Thanks to Jazz Mafia's Subharmonic and DJ Ozgood and to Jungle Fire for rocking the parties with us.

Thanks also to Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio for joining us for a version of the TVOTR song "Satellite."

Our trip was short, but very sweet. We hope to be back soon.

Here's a few glimpses from each night from Instagram.

Stage Shot at Mezzanine, SF 11-20-2015

#antibalas #afrobeat #raging #mezzaninesf

A photo posted by Ross Eustis (@rosstafarri) on Nov 21, 2015 at 11:26am PST

Overhead Stage Shot at Mezzanine, SF 11-20-2015

Antibalas, I think I love you ❣Thanks for such a incredible performance last night @mezzaninesf #antibalas #converted #mezzaninesf #hushconcerts #sfnightlife #sfnightlife #sanfrancisco #bayarea @antibalas A photo posted by HUSHconcerts (@hushconcerts) on Nov 21, 2015 at 10:31am PST

Marquee At Regent Theater, LA 11-21-2015

#antibalas #afrobeat #soul #funk #jazz #regenttheatre #dtla

A photo posted by Michael Quintana (@mikeq1089) on Nov 21, 2015 at 8:45pm PST

At Regent Theater, LA 11-21-2015

#antibalas A photo posted by @taaron_s on Nov 22, 2015 at 6:33pm PST

Dirty Money Intro At Regent Theater, LA 11-21-2015

#antibalas last night blew my mind😯 #dtla #losangeles #funk #felakuti #afrobeat #jazz

A video posted by enrique (@chiefbuddha) on Nov 22, 2015 at 1:25pm PST

Amayo At Regent Theater, LA 11-21-2015

#Antibalas #afrobeat A photo posted by @sofittarius on Nov 22, 2015 at 12:18am PST

Crowd Shot At Regent Theater, LA 11-21-2015

#Antibalas #Afrobeat #Funk #Jazz

A photo posted by Nelson (@_antemortem_) on Nov 22, 2015 at 12:13am PST

Final Brooklyn Bowl Residency 11-18-2015 / Weeks 1-3 Recap

Time flies when you're having fun. We have our final Brooklyn Bowl Residency show coming up this Wednesday, November 18. We'll be joined by special guests Lee Fields, Quantic, Sahr Ngaujah (lead in the FELA! musical) and some other musical friends. Raja Kassis's HUMANBEING will open.

The shows have been amazing so far, each one sold out to capacity. Brooklyn Bowl has been taking good care of us and we've enjoyed working with our own sound engineers Drew Thornton and David Liles, who you can hear mixing Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, among others. We'll be posting highlights from each show to our Soundcloud Live Archives page soon.

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In the first week, we invited Lorenzo Cherubini aka Jovanotti and performed two songs "Libera" and Melagioco from his latest album 2015cc featuring Antibalas.

See Tina Berardi's photos of the show HERE.

In the second week, Saul Williams came through. He added verse to Fela's It No Possible, and our originals "Pay Back Africa" and "Indictment."

In the third week, Santigold arrived in full force. We did arrangements of her songs "Shove It" and Disparate Youth."