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5 albums to discover this week
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5 albums to discover this week

This week, Skales is back with a full length project, DJ Lag makes his long awaited debut, Étran de l’Aïr pay tribute to their hometown, Rokia Koné and Jacknife Lee team up for a Malian mashup, and living legend Bonga graces us with Angolan tunes just before carnival. 

Djam Neguin imagines the Cape Verdean future on ‘Ka Bu Squeci Tradison’
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Djam Neguin imagines the Cape Verdean future on ‘Ka Bu Squeci Tradison’

Cape Verdean multidisciplinary artist Djam Neguin exposes his vision of Afrofuturism through the prism of his archipelago while remaining faithful to tradition on his latest single. Whether it is music, dance, theater or other forms […]

PAM presents Gidam, a fully immersive film from the streets of revolution
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PAM presents Gidam, a fully immersive film from the streets of revolution

PAM presents Gidam (until the end), a film by Arthur Larie and Bastien Massa, shot in December 2021 in Sudan. It follows Enas, a young percussionist who accompanies the protests demanding the departure of the military from power.

Leyla McCalla will break the thermometer this May
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Leyla McCalla will break the thermometer this May

At 36, Leyla McCalla is set to release the fourth album of her remarkable solo career. Breaking the Thermometer, as it is called, will be a dive into Haitian history. Singer and cellist, Leyla McCalla […]

Tinariwen releases new track to celebrate classic reissue
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Tinariwen releases new track to celebrate classic reissue

The Tuareg rock group will reprint The Radio Tisdas Sessions (2002) and Ammasakoul (2004) with an unreleased track “Taskiwt Tadjat”. Recorded in June 2002 in the UK, this track is produced by Justin Adams (guitarist […]

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Mandela, a hero of many songs
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Mandela, a hero of many songs

Thirty-one years ago, Nelson Mandela walked out of the Victor Verster prison, where he had spent the last years of his detention, finally appearing before the eyes of the world. He was free, at last. […]

Black History Month: 5 songs for 5 activists
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Black History Month: 5 songs for 5 activists

While Black History Month is all year round for us at PAM, we’re going to celebrate this February and publish a number of special articles. Here we have an annotated playlist made up of 5 songs from 5 historic activists.

Flora Purim returns with If You Will, a new Brazilian jazz album
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Flora Purim returns with If You Will, a new Brazilian jazz album

A key figure of Brazilian jazz fusion, the singer is set to release her first studio album in over 15 years via Strut Records. If You Will was recorded primarily in Curitiba and São Paulo. […]