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Crammed Discs to release a tremendous album of unreleased tracks from Kinshasa’s bands
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Crammed Discs to release a tremendous album of unreleased tracks from Kinshasa's bands

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 […]

Sir Jean captures the energy of the 70s highlife scene with new album
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Sir Jean captures the energy of the 70s highlife scene with new album

Watch the latest video of the energetic single “Rock it Steady” from Silver & Gold released last week. The magnetic singer with a stunningly deep voice, Sir Jean, teamed up with NMB Afrobeat Experience to […]

Ayalew Mesfin: Ethiopia’s funk phoenix
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Ayalew Mesfin: Ethiopia’s funk phoenix

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 […]

8 albums you need to hear this week
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8 albums you need to hear this week

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 – […]

Night Dreamer debut session launch with Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 EP
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Night Dreamer debut session launch with Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 EP

A one-take recording from Kuti’s 2018 album Black Times. Brand new London based record label Night Dreamer has recaptured the organic essence of direct to disc through a series of recordings at Artone Studio in Haarlem, […]

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Yemi Alade: “Nigeria is like a sponge, it absorbs any sound.”
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Yemi Alade: "Nigeria is like a sponge, it absorbs any sound."

A very productive singer now under contract with Universal, Nigeria-born Yemi Alade recently visited Paris. She had just released Woman of Steel, her 4th album. PAM met with the highly determined iron woman. Since her […]

Soul Jazz Records’ new compilation focuses on Nigerian funk, rock and disco
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Soul Jazz Records' new compilation focuses on Nigerian funk, rock and disco

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 […]

Top 5 Burna Boy anthems
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Top 5 Burna Boy anthems

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 […]