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.
This year in Port Of Spain, J’ouvert morning won’t dawn. On September 28th 2020, Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley confirmed that due to the continuing global pandemic the carnival of carnivals is cancelled, a privation also to befall Rio De Janeiro and New Orleans where the pre-lent bacchanal will likewise be missing in 2021.
A pantheon of spirits born in sub-Saharan Africa; ceremonies held behind closed doors; and therapy through music… For centuries, the stambeli has brought vibrations to Tunisia, through a ritual that heals and delivers. It’s time to get possesed!
In Ghana, rap is going through a revival with the drill wave. The subgenre revealed the existence of the Kumerica subculture to the whole country, originating from the poor neighbourhoods of Kumasi.
The young and talented Asapolis, based in Nigeria, grew up in an environment where music had a predominant place in his everyday life. Strongly influenced by the Congolese rumba, Asapolis answered a few questions for […]
PAM met with Ghana’s new dancehall sensation, who just unveiled his first project Nungua Diaries.
With their debut album, Nayda, the band Bab L’Bluz mix the rhythms of Gnawa trance with rock and curling incense. Both poetic and powerful.
On their debut release titled buffering juju, out now on the Mushroom Hour label, the nomadic folk duo of dumama+kechou offer up takes, re-takes, fixes, and sedimentary reduxes to the sound otherwise known as electronic music.
Born in the Bronx from Ghanaian parents, Kilamanzego comes to the forefront of the scene with These Roots Are on Fire, a promising and incredibly stimulating first EP. PAM spoke with the artist to better understand her […]
Partner in crime with the Príncipe Discos label, the young Lisboner Danifox continues to rise with a second EP in pure batida tradition. For the occasion, he offers us an exclusive mix and tells us […]
Get together eight artists from a number of different countries and backgrounds for a week in Nairobi to create an album and a documentary – this was the ambitious gamble made and won by the […]