As we head back to school in 2023, get your energy up with Deena Abdelwahed’s post-club music, AUNTY RAYZOR’s incendiary flow and Yussef Dayes’ contagious groove.
Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This March, we’re dancing to Davido’s timeless work, vibing to Najib Alhoush’s groovy rhythms, celebrating the life of Ali Farka Touré and more.
The label Sahel Sounds releases Tounga, a collection of 10 years of solo productions by Babsy Konaté, ambassador of Gao Rap in northern Mali.
Anchored in the ancient and troubled history of the Beja people, Noori and His Dorpa Band use the Beja’s unknown melodies as an act of resistance for the historically marginalized group of Sudan’s Eastern Desert.
There is no one African rap, there are hundreds. There are as many rap scenes as there are countries and languages on the continent. All over Africa, rappers and beatmakers are taking the codes and […]
Listen in on 2022 with our pan-African selection from Spanish Town to Johannesburg, Lagos to Nairobi, featuring the likes of Sampa the Great, Sudan Ariches, Asake, Koffee and more.
The unclassifiable union between Swedish producer Karl Jonas Winqvist and musicians from the Toubab Dialaw village in Senegal returns with a second album which expands on the theme explored in their debut. After a chance […]
Known as a South-American electronic music specialist, label Shika Shika now turns towards West Africa for the third volume of its series A Guide to the Birdsong. PAM talked to El Búho, label manager and compilation co-curator of our feathered friends.