For the third and final in our series on classic albums recorded in Paris in the eighties and nineties during the first coming of “world music” we consider Le Voyageur by Papa Wemba.
The Ivorian Chabela shares her love for electro-traditional fusions in a set calibrated for the dancefloors of sunny festivals. In Abidjan and across Africa, Isabelle aka Chabela is known for her role as director of […]
Wielding the influences of the mythical duo Bargou08, the traditional gasba or the powerful Techno culture that rages in the clubs around Tunis, the producer Hazem B, newly signed to Shouka, brings us his new […]
PAM brings you the latest hits from Nigerian music, from Afrobeats and Afropop to superstars and up-and-comers. Dive into the hottest records to drop in Nigeria in 2022 so far.
Julius Nyerere aka Mwalimu was a pan-Africanist icon with a taste for music. PAM recounts how Tanzania’s first president birthed the muziki wa dansi movement with state sponsored bands.
PAM looks at the men and women behind the boards that are fashioning the sounds of afrobeats during its global rise to popularity.
South African trailblazer Moonchild Sanelly announces her long awaited follow-up album, Phases, to be released on Transgressive Records. Moonchild Sanelly, real name Sanelisiwe Twisha will be dropping her second album this June. Following up her […]
A supergroup of musicians from Tanzania and London come together on !K7 Records to announce their collective album and future tour with the single “WEMA Song”. New York producer Photay, Tanzanian gogo-fusion master Msafiri Zawose, […]