The American label is set to reissue Kadi Yombo, a monument to Gabonese “postmodernism” from the late 1980s. The album Kadi Yombo, originally released in 1989, is a particularly successful project in the quest for […]
The singer, who has lived in Argentina and the UK, has announced a new album in true Congolese style with “Nalingi Mobali Te”, strongly inspired by DRC “sapeurs”. Juanita Euka’s new song, blending Congolese guitar […]
In celebration of Salif Keita’s seminal album, Soro, via a conversation with it’s producer François Bréant.
Francis Bebey left us twenty years ago. After Kidi and Toups, it is now the turn of Patrick, a musician, to share with us a musical memory of his father. He has chosen to dive into the album Dibiye, which has recently been reissued.
Two years after PAM told you about The Rumba Kings the film is finally being released. The DOXA festival in Vancouver has selected the film and will screen it on 6th May.
When the African-American trumpet player and singer Louis Armstrong arrived in the Congo, the newly independent country was going through a major crisis. But his voyage was met with wild enthusiasm and inspired the group African Jazz to write him a song of welcome.
The Cameroonian pioneer left us 20 years ago and now the PeeWee! label is reviving one of his undisputed masterpieces. In Paris, 1997, the capital was a bustling hub for global music. The great figures […]
Youssou’s heartwarming classic released in 1984 is a 34 minute love letter to his Senagalese roots from his new home in Paris.