fbpx → Skip to main content
The Pan African Music Magazine
©2024 PAM Magazine - Design by Trafik - Site by Moonshine - All rights reserved. IDOL MEDIA, a division of IDOL Group.
The Super Yamba Band invites Osei Korankye on an afro-funk EP
News
The Super Yamba Band invites Osei Korankye on an afro‑funk EP

The Brooklyn-based afrobeat collective collaborates with renowned Ghanaian musician Osei Korankye on an EP for the prestigious Ubiquity label. PAM invites you to listen to the track “Yen Ni Agoro” in preview. After occasional collaborations […]

Goodbye, Manu! A tribute to our African uncle
Profiles
Goodbye, Manu! A tribute to our African uncle

PAM pays tribute to Manu Dibango, who left us one year ago, on 24 March 2020. The musician, a generous pioneer, has built bridges between Africa and the rest of the world. A look back at the first chapters of his fantastic novel-like life.

Jason Tamba goes solo on “Gethsemane” with album on the way
News
Jason Tamba goes solo on "Gethsemane" with album on the way

The Congolese musician and former member of Afro Fiesta takes his world renowned talents solo with a single announcing his debut album Don’t Give Up. Born in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of […]

Busi Mhlongo, South Africa’s urban punk king
Feature
Busi Mhlongo, South Africa’s urban punk king

Writing about Busi Mhlongo is quite an emotional task and it’s this constant negotiation between language’s failure and the most optimistic part of me that absolutely needs to deliver the truth about Mhlongo’s importance in […]

Candido: Dancin’ & Prancin’ (1979)
News
Candido’s Dancin’ & Prancin’

A look back at the bongo innovator and thousand finger man, Cándido Camero Guerra’s, 1979 Afro-Cuban disco masterpiece. Cándido Camero Guerra known simply as Candido is one of the pioneers of Afro-Cuban jazz and an […]

Loading
Confirmed
Loading
Confirmed
The violin, pulling on the heartstrings of Africa
Feature
The violin, pulling on the heartstrings of Africa

The violin – in all its forms – undoubtably plays a major role in the music of the African continent. Here we present an overview of the stringed instrument, played by those who made it famous in the past, as well as those who celebrate its resonance today.

Aṣa breathes fresh air with new album, V
Feature
Aṣa breathes fresh air with new album, V

Aṣa talks to PAM about her artistic vision and upbringing to celebrate the release of her latest album, V, a project that act local and thinks global. 

Ibaaku: Pioneer of Senegalese electro
Interview
Ibaaku: Pioneer of Senegalese electro

The futuristic Senegalese artist continues his exploration of the worlds from the capital city in constant mutation, which he named “Neo Dakar”. For PAM, he breaks down his approach and tells us about his love of all things fusion.