Youssou’s heartwarming classic released in 1984 is a 34 minute love letter to his Senagalese roots from his new home in Paris.

As we head back to school in 2023, get your energy up with Deena Abdelwahed’s post-club music, AUNTY RAYZOR’s incendiary flow and Yussef Dayes’ contagious groove.

The futuristic Senegalese artist continues his exploration of the worlds from the capital city in constant mutation, which he named “Neo Dakar”. For PAM, he breaks down his approach and tells us about his love of all things fusion.

It is impossible to talk about Senghor, the first president of independent Senegal, without talking about his griot Yandé Codou Sène who made the Serer culture shine. Thanks to Youssou Ndour, she was made known […]

To celebrate their 30th anniversary, Peter Gabriel and his staff announced Worldwide, a retrospective compilation of discovery and enlightenment. Launched in 1989, Real World Records has grown into a label of wide-ranging, world-class music from all corners […]

PAM revisits the timeless classic Né la thiass from Burkina-born singer and songwriter Chiekh Lô, produced by the one and only Youssou N’Dour and a pillar from the golden era of African music. 

For the third and final in our series on classic albums recorded in Paris in the eighties and nineties during the first coming of “world music” we consider Le Voyageur by Papa Wemba.

In celebration of Salif Keita’s seminal album, Soro, via a conversation with it’s producer François Bréant.