The Utrecht festival announces the four guest curators for the 2023 edition as well as the first artists as part of the general line-up of the festival.

Anchored in the ancient and troubled history of the Beja people, Noori and His Dorpa Band use the Beja’s unknown melodies as an act of resistance for the historically marginalized group of Sudan’s Eastern Desert. 

Young producer, pianist and chaabi insider, Gelba, premieres “Yellow” a electro-pop and chaabi mix that encapsulates the artist’s background in the up-and-coming Egyptian electronic and rap scene.  As part of a documentary series commissioned by […]

The massive discovery festival, dedicated to strange and hidden music, will rock the historic center of Utrecht from November 10 to 13. PAM will be there. Leading up to our onsite coverage, here’s a small […]

As of last year, Nairobi’s hot underbelly has propelled into orbit one of its most infamous offspring yet: Duma.

PAM meets Menzi at the 2021 Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht. A gqom pioneer and Durban native, Menzi is empowering the dance music cultural underground with his dark and energetic mixes.

Long nights of ecstatic singing and dancing, ritual offerings, fiery percussion, and a few tons of incense… PAM takes you right into the heart of Egyptian Zãr – a trance ritual where women are said to be possessed by djinn – surviving in Cairo by grace of its last priestesses.

At Guess Who Festival in Utrecht, PAM sat down with Pa Salieu to discuss what it means to be an Afrikan Rebel, the name of the Coventry rapper’s latest EP.