From South Africa’s Limpopo region, Shangaan electro, known locally as Tsonga electro, exploded on the scene in the late 00s for a worldwide takeover of breakneck beats, choppy melodies and chipmunk vocals, before fading back into relative obscurity.
This month, Ko-Jo Cue makes his comeback, Tkay Maidza chooses violence, followed by the sounds of Bamako on Sunday and gnawa rave music.
PAM followed Jupiter & Okwess on their American tour this summer, which included a stop at Coachella, one of the most prestigious music festivals in the USA.
Zimbabwe born rap innovator talks about the SoundCloud rap era, embracing the dark side, her matrilineal clairvoyance and new album, Sweet Justice.
Dive into the rise of audiocassettes and working class music, a combination that outsold any other music genre in 1970s Egypt through the likes of Ahmed Adaweya and Sheikh Imam.
PAM’s latest documentary stars one of Africa’s reggae heroes. 30 years after his first album, the Fakoly descendant opens the doors of his club in Bamako, and his countryside farm for an alternative look at the legendary reggaeman.
Dive into the October selection, marked by ODUMODUBLVCK’s Igbo rap, British-Ghanaian collective ONIPA’s come back, and Vanyfox’s infectious batida EP.
Xica da Silva, a figure of Brazilian black history, has transcended history to become a symbol. Since the 1960s, she continues to resurface in carnivals, films and songs. Discover the life, myth and legend of one of Brazil’s oldest black icons.
On August 6th, 2011, a few months after the end of a violent post-electoral crisis, Abidjan’s new government demolished the Rue Princesse on the grounds that it had become unsanitary, crippled with prostitution, drug trafficking […]
In the early 20th century, when port cities in West Africa thrived, a new indigenous style of music known as palm wine music emerged from the waters. What started out as a form of entertainment […]
The Brazilian producer’s new album, highlights the rave imbued, hallucinogenic ambience of contemporary baile funk from São Paulo. Meet the funk “sorcerer” guiding the favela sound.