Following in his father’s footsteps has meant more to Femi Kuti than simply continuing to evolve Fela’s Afrobeat sound. His inheritance includes a political mission, which Femi, now 50, carries forward on his latest, No Place for My Dream. Backed by the lean, tautly expressive sound of his band, the Positive Force, Kuti rails against injustice and poverty on songs like “No Work No Job No Money” and “Politics Na Big Bizness.” The lyrics are more impassioned than insightful, but, delivered in Kuti’s urgent rasp and fueled by the driving sound of the lithely funky Positive Force, they achieve the pulse-raising infectiousness of his father’s work.
Thu., Jan. 24, 8 p.m., $25-$38, with DJ Ruder1, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
