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Nubiyan Twist features K.O.G. on groove-led track
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Nubiyan Twist features K.O.G. on groove‑led track

The year has started with a bang for Nubiyan Twist and the Ghanaian dynamo K.O.G (Kweku of Ghana), who added a dose of brass and dance rhythms to this latest single ahead of the release […]

The best albums of the year 2020
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The best albums of the year 2020

2021 is fast approaching and it presents the opportunity for PAM to look back on the best albums of the last year. A difficult year is drawing to a close, one in which the world […]

Michael Wimberly presents “Alive” ahead of album
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Michael Wimberly presents “Alive” ahead of album

This new single combines both the past and the future, a taste of his forthcoming album Afrofuturism in which the veteran percussionist and composer shows the breadth of his repertoire, ranging from pop to funk […]

10 new albums you should listen to this week
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10 new albums you should listen to this week

Man on the Moon III: The Chosen Kid Cudi Kid Cudi finally follows up on his pharaonic project on this third chapter of Man on the Moon: 18 tracks follow and a hand-picked guest list: […]

Amha Eshèté, the dreamer who cut the grooves of Ethiopia’s golden sounds onto wax
Interview
Amha Eshèté, the dreamer who cut the grooves of Ethiopia’s golden sounds onto wax

Amha Eshèté was Ethiopia’s first independent record producer. It is to him that we owe the first recordings (and the following two hundred) of the golden age of Ethiopian music, later resurrected by the famous Éthiopiques series. He confesses it all to PAM in full detail (Part one).

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Nubiyan Twist share “Buckle Up”
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Nubiyan Twist share "Buckle Up"

Through this third single, Nick Richards and guest feature Soweto Kinch signal the coming of the long-awaited Freedom Fables on February 5. “Buckle Up,” the third single from the album, brings together the best of […]

Arkestra, Sun Ra’s whirlwind is still here
Feature
Arkestra, Sun Ra's whirlwind is still here

The orchestra founded by Sun Ra is releasing a new album, Swirling, which perpetuates the brilliant creativity of the free Pharaoh. Patriarch Marshall Allen and his friend Knoel Scott share this vibrant and persistent legacy with PAM.

Soweto, a musical genealogy by Lerato Lichaba from Urban Village
Feature
Soweto, a musical genealogy by Lerato Lichaba from Urban Village

PAM met the founder of the group Urban Village, a guitarist and art researcher born in Soweto. In a few vinyls, he retraces a slice of South African music history (60-80s), all the way from their village to Soweto, the great cultural shaker.