Soundway Records announces the reissue of the 1984 Nigerian disco album Only You by Steve Monite, with the digital debut of single “Things Fall Apart”. The Nigerian boogie single “Only You” by Steve Monite will […]

The Beninese diva wins the most prestigious American music award for the fifth time thanks to her album Mother Nature, released in 2021. “We are all Africans!” This is how the Beninese diva concluded her […]

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.

Rave & Roses Rema Rema’s debut album, Rave & Roses, has finally arrived. Since its emergence in 2019, the author of the hits “Dumebi” and “Soundgasm” has not finished conquering new musical territories, imposing little […]

Kinyatrap is the quintessential Kigali sound that combines elements of trap, grime, drill, and the occasional Afro-pop rhythm. While mainstream coverage of Rwandan music tends to focus on diasporic acts like Stromae, Lous and the […]

Four years since her last project, Hollie Cook is getting ready to release a new album, Happy Hour, out June 24. The daughter of Paul Cook (drummer of the Sex Pistols) and Jennie Matthias (backup […]

PAM pays tribute to Manu Dibango, who left us one year ago, on 24 March 2020. The musician, a generous pioneer, has built bridges between Africa and the rest of the world. A look back at the first chapters of his fantastic novel-like life.