In London, Theon Cross is a part of a new wave of Jazz musicians that approach the genre with a sense of freedom, experimentation and cross pollination.

This October, Sun Ra Arkestra are releasing their first new studio album in over 20 years on Strut Records. Led by 96-year-old saxophonist Marshall Allen – longtime leader of the orchestra – the cosmic jazz prophets have […]

London-based Jelly Cleaver is the first name in a monthly series set up by the Nice Swan label to spotlight promising young talent.  The labels Nice Swan and RIP Records are passionate about discovering new […]

British label BBE has embarked upon a titanic mission to reissue part of the Nigerian label Tabansi’s back catalogue. PAM met with journalist John Armstrong and the label’s boss, Joe Tabansi, to piece together this […]

Get together eight artists from a number of different countries and backgrounds for a week in Nairobi to create an album and a documentary – this was the ambitious gamble made and won by the […]

2020 is here. An occasion for PAM to revisit the last decade’s best albums. From 2010 to 2019, here are our 80 essential albums of the decade. It was abundantly clear at the top of […]

Led by Scottish-born and South African-adopted Kid Fonque, the label Stay True Sounds gives the prolific local deep house scene the visibility it deserves. With the quality of its releases receiving growing resonance throughout Europe, […]

The talent revealed by Gilles Peterson is set to launch her most striking album. Daymé Arocena is the symbol of a new generation of artists channeling the richness of Cuban traditions with a new personal sound. […]