When Foals were listening to Fela Kuti albums before, during, and after the recording of their first two albums, vocalist/guitarist Yannis Philippakis didn’t imagine he would ever have the opportunity ...

Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis tells us about the band’s latest album, Life Is Yours, on this episode of Kyle Meredith With… Philippakis talks about the experimental mood the band found themselves ...

Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis just released Lagos Paris London, his EP as Yannis & The Yaw which is a collaboration with the late afrobeat legend Tony Allen. The EP is a nice combination of Foals’ ...

Foals singer/guitarist Yannis Philippakis has announced Lagos Paris London, an EP he made with the late Afrobeat icon and Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen. Credited to Yannis & The Yaw featuring Tony ...

"Sometimes it’s better to not know each other as people first and just play," says Yannis Philippakis, one of the last musicians to get on the tools with the late Afrobeat pioneer, Tony Allen. (Photo ...

Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has always loved Fela Kuti, especially his drummer in Africa 70, Tony Allen. When the opportunity arose in 2016 for Philippakis to collaborate with Allen, he jumped ...

In one of the most intriguing collaborations of recent times, Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has teamed up with the late great drummer Tony Allen (best known for his work with Fela Kuti) for the ...

When the late, great Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen arrived at his Seventies-boho basement studio in Paris one morning in December 2016, he seemed unsure of the stranger with the flyaway hair and ...

Foals are planning to "down tools" and take a break in 2023. The band will have a busy summer with their headlining sets at the Reading and Leeds festivals as well as a US tour with Paramore but they ...