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

Buena Vista Social Club (25th Anniversary Edition) Buena Vista Social Club For the legendary project’s 25th birthday, World Circuit reissues a remastered version of Buena Vista Social Club with previously unheard tracks from the original […]

Soundtracking FESPACO, Burkina Faso’s Pan African film festival
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Soundtracking FESPACO, Burkina Faso’s Pan African film festival

From awkward presidential entrances to prize winning soundtracks, music has scored the iconic film festival that brings together filmmakers from across the continent and diaspora since its inception in 1969.

ÌFÉ unveils video for “FAKE BLOOD” ahead of new album
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ÌFÉ unveils video for “FAKE BLOOD” ahead of new album

This explosive new track was inspired by Adam Curtis’ HyperNormalization documentary and by America’s reaction to the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. Awo Orunmila Otura Mun aka ÌFÉ is a New Orleans-based African American artist, […]

9 albums you should listen to this week
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9 albums you should listen to this week

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Little Simz Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, a reverse acronym for the British-Nigerian rapper’s first name, is the fourth album from an artist slowly being recognized as a national treasure. […]

Kasai Allstars shares new video from the street of Kinshasa
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Kasai Allstars shares new video from the street of Kinshasa

The Congolese band adds vibrant choreography to “Musungu Elongo” straight from the capital of the DRC. The DRC Congo collective recently dropped its fourth album, Black ants always fly together, one bangle makes no sound, […]

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The Upsetter and Captain of the Black Ark, Lee “Scratch” Perry, dies at 85
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The Upsetter and Captain of the Black Ark, Lee “Scratch” Perry, dies at 85

Lee “Scratch” Perry, born Rainford Hugh – who reportedly died in Noel Holmes hospital in Western Jamaica on Sunday, August 29th – was a visionary that shook up the musical order by jamming tape machines, slogging silverware, packing samples, and layering effects onto tracks that would bleed into hip-hop, r&b, and punk.

The best music videos of summer 2021
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The best music videos of summer 2021

To avoid falling into back-to-school hopelessness, PAM offers you a list of the best music videos of summer 2021, to keep the same energy at the office as at the club.

PAM Club: the pan-African radiance of Montparnasse Musique
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PAM Club: the pan‑African radiance of Montparnasse Musique

To celebrate the release of their new single, “Sukuma,” the fairy-fingered duo Montparnasse Musique share their love for Africa in a distinctive electro-acoustic DJ set.