A 5-track EP where the producer brilliantly borrows from a range of genres. Released on Príncipe Discos, the Lisbon-based label that focuses on a crossover between European and African Dance Music, Paz & Amor is the debut EP from […]
This week, PAM introduces you to the contemporary faces of pantsula, the emblematic dance of South Africa’s townships. Discover the dance that goes head to head with the harsh reality. Read on for a crash […]
As Ostinato Records is about to release this autumn its newest compilation about the forgotten yet golden era of Sudanese music, we had a conversation with the label’s founder, Vik Sohonie. At the time of our interview […]
Nakhane, 30 years old, has just released a unique album, mixing David Bowie’s pop, Marvin Gaye’s soul, church choirs and the house beats he’s been drowning to in clubs. Interview with a surprising artist whose […]
Twenty years after he died, french label Born Bad Records pays tribute to Pierre Sandwidi, one of West Africa’s most outstanding and adamant artist. Born in 1947 in Boulsa, a small village in central Upper Volta, Pierre […]
Binda Ngazolo alias “the Old Lion” should have hated coupe-decalé, but Roukaskas, the latest evolution proposed by DJ Arafat, has opened his eyes.
After electrifying the scene of the FEMUA in Abidjan, the new diva of Nigerian afropop received us to talk about Africa and the future. Since the release of the hit single her “Johnny”, she continues to […]
Ady Suleiman bares his soul with Memories, an intimate and unfiltered first album, which places him amongst the most talented artists of the Neo soul scene in England today. Ady Suleiman has already received high […]
The orchestra, which brings together all-star Cuban and New York musicians, brilliantly resurrects the great era of mambo. Akokan means “from the heart” in Yoruba, a dominant African language throughout Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian cultures and […]
Venture down 137 Avenue Kaniama and you will not come out unscathed. The album title is a nod to the street in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Belgian rapper was born […]
Last part of our three-part interview. Seun Kuti talks to PAM about two new songs on his recently released album, Black Times. The first, “Theory of Goat and Yam” evokes the rampant corruption in Nigeria, […]