It was a dream collaboration until the key collaborator died

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Co-host Marco Werman tells us about Yannis Philippakis, the frontman for British band Foals, and his recording project with the iconic Nigerian percussionist Tony Allen. Allen died in the middle of the work, and now Yannis is releasing the album they made together without him.

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