Pitchfork

Have you seen that new show on MTV with all the kids of washed-up rock stars trying to make it big on their own? Good luck and all that, spawn of Stryper or whatever, but I'd much rather place my genetically-influenced bets on Seun Kuti, the youngest son of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti.

For his forthcoming debut LP, the youthful Kuti has enlisted the help of Egypt 80, who famously played with his father throughout the 1980s and early 90s. Seun and Egypt 80's self-titled disc is due June 24 on Disorient Records.

Kuti and Egypt 80 will head to North America this summer for a fairly extensive tour, which kicks off in Los Angeles June 20.

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80:

01 Many Things
02 Na Oil
03 Don't Give That Shit to Me
04 Fire Dance
05 Think Africa
06 Mosquito Song
07 African Problems

Tour:

05-24 The Hague, Netherlands - Jazz Festival
05-26 Paris, France - Le Bataclan
05-28 London, England - Barbican
05-29 Skopje, Macedonia - Skopje Festival
05-31 Dijon, France - TBA
06-03 Zagreb, Croatia - VIP Festival
06-05 Châtellerault, France - Jazz a Châtellerault
06-14 Tillburg, Netherlands - Festival Mundial
06-20 Los Angeles, CA - Grand Performances
06-21 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
06-22 San Francisco, CA - Stern Grove
06-23 Redway, CA - Mateel Center
06-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - Vancouver Jazz
06-26 Cumberland, British Columbia - TBA
06-27 Victoria, British Columbia - Victorial Jazz Festival
06-28 Seattle, WA - The Moore
06-30 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
07-02 Toronto, Ontario - Harbourfront
07-03 London, Ontario - Sunfest
07-04 Detroit, MI - Comerica Festival
07-05 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
07-06 New York, NY - Central Park
07-07 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
07-10 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Blues Fest
07-11 Quebec City, Quebec - Festival d'été de Québec
07-12 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Winnipeg Folk Festival
07-13 Montreal, Quebec - Nuits d'Afrique
07-17 Casablanca, Morocco - Festival de Casablanca
07-19 Trenčín, Slovakia - Pohoda Festival
07-20 London, England - Love Box Festival
07-24 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo
07-26 Gdynia, Poland - Globaltica World Culture Festival
08-01 Bidon, France - Bidon Festival
08-03 Ledbury, England - The Big Chill
08-07 Reunion Island - Festival Sakifo