For the Ghanaian older generation that still speaks pidgin (the slang language of the English-speaking Africans), a “fokbois” is a rascal, a good-for-nothing. The Fokn Bois have managed to reverse the stigma with Afrobeats LOL, […]

Their new EP Get Sexy Get Mad to be released on Comet Records puts the spotlight on this North African string instrument. Consisting of Mehdi Haddab and Jean-Pierre Smadja aka Smadj, the pair built themselves a musical cycle […]

Our american colleagues from Aquarium Drunkard dropped a free mixtape compiling West Africa funky music from the  70’s and 80’s. Picture: Sir Shina Adewale And The Superstars International Providing daily sharp and eclectic content since 2005, they offer […]

NiiQuaye and his Musical Lunatics band are notable figures of Accra’s music scene. For this retro highlife track, the singer called his sidekicks Kirani Ayat and Akan. Accra-based label Akwaaba keeps on propelling the local scene to the […]

This new single taken from their upcoming album Inna de Yard, to be released on Chapter Two Records, follows the succes of their last opus The soul of Jamaica. Build around four main singers who have […]

A selection of our favorite albums and EPs released this week. With Angel-Ho, Solange, Hamza, Zara McFarlane and Branko. Angel-Ho Death Becomes Her As an already established DJ and producer, Angel-Ho began to tease the internet […]

The Reunion native singer shares a dreamy music video from her upcoming album, to be released on march 29th. Four years after her debut album Santié Papang, Maya Kamati keeps on reinventing maloya through her blend of electronic […]

Episode 2. While everyone else was at Woodstock, the French saxophonist fled to Africa for a road trip that would give birth to the cult record, Moshi. The spirits of West Africa, funk, and free jazz […]