Red Hot + Fela compilation fights AIDS A various artists compilation honoring the late Afrobeat starFela Kuti and featuring a diverse group of contributors including My Morning Jacket, TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone, Spoek Mathambo and the Kronos Quartet will also benefit the effort to raise AIDS awareness. Others interpreting Fela’s songs on Red Hot + Fela are Tony Allen, Just a Band with Childish Gambino, Gender Infinity, King, Baloji & L’Orchestre de la Katuba featuring Kuku and on a rap-enhanced version of “Lady,” tUnEyArDs, ?uestlove, Angelique Kidjo and Akua Naru. Fela died of AIDS in 1997; the album drops on October 8. - Kevin Wierzbicki