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The Red Hot Organization, which has worked on AIDS awareness through pop culture since 1989, has announced a new compilation, RED HOT + FELA. Containing covers of classic Fela Kuti tracks, the collection features tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove, My Morning Jacket, Tony Allen, Chance the Rapper, members of TV on the Radio and Alabama Shakes, and many more. It's out October 8 on Knitting Factory Records.

The cover of "Lady" by tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove, Angelique Kidjo, and Akua Naru made it onto the comp after being first released last year. Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs also appears on a cover of "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" by My Morning Jacket, alongside Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes. Meanwhile, TV On The Radios’ Kyp Malone and Tune Adembimpe covered "Sorrow, Tears & Blood" with the Kronos Quartet and Stuart Bogie.

Red Hot also paid tribute to Fela Kuti with Red Hot + Riot in 2002.

RED HOT + FELA:

01 Baloji & L'Orchestre de la Katuba [ft. Kuku]: "Buy Africa" 02 tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove, Angelique Kidjo, & Akua Naru: "Lady" 03 Spoek Mathambo & Zaki Ibrahim: "Yellow Fever" 04 Nneka, Sinkane, Amayo & Superhuman Happiness: "No Buredi" 05 Just a Band & Childish Gambino: "Who No Know Go No" 06 My Morning Jacket, Merrill Garbus, Brittany Howard: "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am" 07 Kyp Malone, Tunde Adebimpe, Kronos Quartet, Stuart Bogie: "Sorrow Tears and Blood" 08 Superhuman Happiness, Sahr Ngaujah, Abena Koomson, Rubblebucket: "ITT" 09 Tony Allen, M1, Baloji: "Afrodisco Beat 2013" 10 Just A Band, Bajah, Chance the Rapper: "Gentleman" 11 GendEr Infinity: "Hi Life Time" 12 Spoek Mathambo, Cerebral Cortex, Frown: "Zombie" 13 King: "Go Slow"

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