Master drummer and music educator Mamady Keïta who bore the knowledge of the djembe for a generation of musicians through Le Ballet National Djoliba, his music group Sewa Kan, and as the founder of the Tam Tam Mandingue academy, has passed away.
Master drummer and music educator Mamady Keïta who bore the knowledge of the djembe for a generation of musicians through Le Ballet National Djoliba, his music group Sewa Kan, and as the founder of the Tam Tam Mandingue academy, has passed away.
The video for “Where You Come From” marks the latest release from the Palestinian-born American artist, a tribute to Rastafarianism alongside great Jamaican artists. The New Orleans-native unveils his twelfth album, “Khaled Khaled,” which he […]
For this new PAM Club episode, we are ecstatic to welcome DJ Cortega, founder of the Dakar collective Electrafrique, with a Manu Dibango tribute mixtape. “By starting and ending this set with the music of […]
To celebrate the release of Indaba Is the 1st record of 2021 from Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label – PAM caught up with Gilles and Indaba’s Thandi Ntuli (a few weeks apart, and on different continents) to talk curation, Pan-African sounds, and how a record label can be an ally.
Apple Music recognizes Urban Village for their debut album release Undondolo with their New Artist Spotlight program. Apple Music has taken notice of Urban Village following the release of their debut album Udondolo. The Soweto-based […]
The DJ and co-founder of the notorious “La Sunday” event unveils the visuals of his afropop track, leaving his audience impatient for his first EP. The high standard casting of “SGFA” reflects well the “bridge […]
“Vengo Ganao” features production from London-based duo Village Cuts, the excellent guitarist Patrick McMahon aka Mahon Sounds and Colombian champeta legend Louis Towers. Village Cuts has organised a transatlantic meeting between Africa and the Caribbean […]
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.