Cortega picks a DJ or producer who puts Africa and its diaspora in the spotlight. Featuring an exclusive playlist of the 10 sounds that have shaped their musical universe. Today, let us introduce Black Charles, from Ivory Coast.
The Ghanaian star is stretching his legacy, from a star-studded album to his critically acclaimed collaboration with the late Bob Marley, the Twi rapper is constantly pushing African hip-hop to new heights.
The exceptional Jamaican keyboard player, key to Bob Marley’s Wailers, and sponsor of pan-African reggae died on November 6 at 66. What would “Three Little Birds” – Bob Marley & The Wailers’ timeless anthem, be […]
This week, three shades of gqom, women reggae artists take their righful place, sweet Nigerian beats, the new thing coming from Kenyan and reggae meets hip-hop.
Yin and Yang. Bob Marley and the Wailers embody for many the arrival of reggae into Western ears. Posterity often forgets the contribution of another revolutionary, original Wailer: Peter Tosh, assassinated on September 11, 1987.
Pure Akan wields his heritage and folk stories to create an empowering backdrop to his hiplife sound. The rapper, singer and linguist takes us through the power of names, history and his latest album, Nyame Mma.
British producer Adrian Sherwood, along with artist Kerieva McCormick, are part of the project in which he co-produced ten tracks featuring the vibrancy, richness and energy of female reggae artists’s music. Reggae has often been […]
The man from Martinique who blended Creole poetry and the flute of Martinique’s mountainous regions had an incandescent and singular trajectory. The child from Marigot, composer of the song “Bwa Brilé”, continues to inspire younger generations today.