Our South Africa-based journalist Tseliso Monaheng has selected his favourite South African jazz releases of the year.

The second and final part of our long-form interview with Amha Eshèté, founder of Amha Records. Ethiopia’s very first independent label recorded the most beautiful sonic era of Swinging Addis.

This new single combines both the past and the future, a taste of his forthcoming album Afrofuturism in which the veteran percussionist and composer shows the breadth of his repertoire, ranging from pop to funk […]

Amha Eshèté was Ethiopia’s first independent record producer. It is to him that we owe the first recordings (and the following two hundred) of the golden age of Ethiopian music, later resurrected by the famous Éthiopiques series. He confesses it all to PAM in full detail (Part one).

The rapper’s name is becoming world famous, but her music is more Tsonga than ever. After a period marked by her younger sister Nyeleti’s tragic passing, the last thing expected from Sho Madjozi was a […]

P.Priime speaks on being at the vanguard of current sounds brewing underground in Nigeria, having collaborated with Olamide, Fireboy, Teni, Zlatan, DJ Cuppy, etc.

The new prince of amapiano collaborates with two big names of the genre. “iParty Yami” features King Kabza De Small and “Matla” features Zakes Bantwini, thus legitimizing his place in the South African house movement. […]

Vanguards of the London jazz scene have garnered acclaim by cultivating a culture of musical diversity and inclusion passed on through dedicated teachers and a spirit of giving.