NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Tony Allen on 10 August 2021. Tony Allen has been played on NTS over 200 times, featured on 173 episodes and was first played on 5 January 2013.

Tony Allen (born Tony Oladipo Allen in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 August 1940; died 30 April 2020 in Paris) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music.

Of mixed…