Having suffered from two strokes, the virtuoso pianist may never again return to the stages that gave birth to his legend, and where he redefined the art of improvisational jazz.
This week at the PAM Club, the co-founder of Hot Casa Records Julien Lebrun brings us to Ghana with a mixtape full of funky gems from the 80s! With his colleague Afrobrazileiro, Julien Lebrun created […]
Every month 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 his musical universe. Today we start with DJ mOma.
Ostinato Records has scoured the Djibouti Radio and Television (RTD) archives for music by the Somali group 4 Mars, to be released on an album entitled « Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura […]
Publishing the pentatonic piano music of Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the maestro in the monastery whose biography is as extraordinary as her music.
The WeWantSounds label re-releases the cult vinyl album With Love by Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid and it has lost none of its magic. Get reacquainted with the vintage sounds of the famous electric guitar “twang” […]
The Ghanaian rapper launches the offensive with this boiling first album, dedicated to his late brother. A cold journey through the West African ghettos, told by one of the fiercest lyricists of his time.
Our Nigeria-based journalist Joel Praise has selected his favourite Nigerian tracks of the year.