After over a year of teasing, the Ghanaian rapstar has unveiled the cover art, tracklist and release date of his very first full-length album.  Dropping on April 22nd, Kwesi Arthur’s Son of Jacob carries high […]

Nyami Nyami Records unveils a reissue of Dumisani Maraire’s album Tichazomuona, initially recorded by the Zimbabwean mbira player and his family in 1986, six years after Zimbabwe’s independence. Born in 1944, Dumisani Maraire pioneered the […]

UK record label Wah Wah 45s announces the release of new EP State of Play, a collaboration between Nigerian-British musician Dele Sosimi and producer Medlar out on June 10th. Seven years after the release of […]

This week, an initiation to Tsogho ritual music with Papé Nziengui’s Kadi Yombo, a dive into Egyptian history with the collaboration album of Sun Ra Arkestra & Salah Ragab, Youssoupha’s deluxe version of the rock solid NEPTUNE TERMINUS album, Jamaican reggae legend Horace Andy’s latest and dndSection’s afrobeats in Atlanta.

Wewantsounds announces the release of Sharayet el Disco, a new compilation of ’80s Egyptian boogie curated by DJ Disco Arabesquo from his vast collection of old cassettes. The eighties marked a particular period in Egyptian […]

Each week in our Pan African Rap playlist, discover the latest and greatest rap from across the African continent and its diaspora.

Paris-based label Komos announces the reissue of Soul Unity, initially released in 2006, by the Philadelphian born musician Byard Lancaster. Byard Lancaster made his career across Europe and the United States as a skilled jazz […]

Analog Africa announces the release of a new limited dance edition of Orchestre Massako with band leader Mack-Joss and features of Amara Touré available on June 3rd . The latest LP from Analog Africa compiles […]