Before releasing Kinshasa 1978, an album of unreleased recordings from four bands of Kinshasa, Crammed Discs unveils a rare video of the song ‘Il ne faut pas intervenir’ performed by Masanka band. Filmed in the […]
Crammed Discs presents a bi-dimensional album of unreleased recordings from four bands of Kinshasa made in 1978. It is also accompanied with brand-new reconstructions made by the highly-respected French producer Martin Meissonnier Photo: Mbuyamba Nyunyiof Sankayi & Kasai Allstars by […]
After more than a forty-year absence, Ayalew Mesfin is back on November the 8th with the Debo Band, for a big concert at the Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht, Netherlands. For PAM, the Ethiopian […]
In this week’s selection: the afro-punk debut album from Bantou Mentale, Sun Ra’s rediscovered live in Poland, the sophomore album of afro-pop star Amanda Black and more to hear this week. Sun Ra Arkestra – […]
Well known british label spotlights the fusion between Nigerian music with funk, rock and disco in the 70s on Nigeria Soul Power 70. While for many people the fusion of funk and jazz music with Nigerian […]
Songs which, in its moments of freshness and clout, captured the world of its inhabitants. Both 2018 and 2019 has belonged to Burna Boy. The afrofusion artiste, born in July 1991, is a ferocious talent. As many […]
From Hackney to Accra to London, the MAPA Group artist is rapidly finding his way and place in the Ghanaian and UK Afrobeats scene. Already known as the “Afrobeats Prince”, his hit “Under Lover” had […]
‘Power to the Women’ is the first single extract from Humans, the new album from the cosmopolitan band London Afrobeat Collective. The new album Humans is a collection of anthemic songs with socially conscious lyrics, set to bold […]