Wednesday, Oct. 3

Kentucky Center For the Arts
501 W. Main St.
kentuckycenter.org
$22.50; 8 p.m.

When your work is deemed good enough to be accepted as the house band for the excellent, Jay, Bey, Questlove and Fresh Prince-produced “Fela!” Broadway show, you know you’re doing well. Antibalas, the monstrous Brooklyn-based crew comprised of various members of the Daptone bands and their affiliates, is second only to the sons of Fela Kuti in continuing the drive and pulse of Afrobeat. Their latest album, produced by Dap-King Gabriel Roth (also the band’s former guitarist), sounds as if it was recorded in Lagos, not Bushwick. Who Is This America, from 2004, is a masterwork, a collection as haunting as it is funky. Their stage work is even stronger than their records. Sure, it’ll be chilly outside, but wear something loose, ’cause you’re gonna work up a sweat. —Damien McPherson