Date: 15th May 2018 Director: Thibault della Gaspera EP: Black Cloud After a first project released in 2016 and support by Gilles Peterson and Bradley Zero, duo Kodäma is back with a new EP on La […]
Nakhane, 30 years old, has just released a unique album, mixing David Bowie’s pop, Marvin Gaye’s soul, church choirs and the house beats he’s been drowning to in clubs. Interview with a surprising artist whose […]
The band formed in 2013 by four musical friends takes us on a cosmic trip through their first self-titled album. Carried by the soulful voice of singer Kiala, Keys Zuna transport us in an out of […]
Venture down 137 Avenue Kaniama and you will not come out unscathed. The album title is a nod to the street in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Belgian rapper was born […]
With the Gumba Fire compilation, Soundway Records puts the light on the funky pop music scene of South Africa’s 1980s, widely known as bubblegum. Picture: Black Five Bubblegum music was born in 1980s black South Africa, from the […]
The Pan African Music team select their favorite 2017 reissues. Compilations, vinyl reissues and exclusive archive gems: a short focus on 25 timeless albums that made our year. Listen to selections from this list on […]
German record label Habibi Funk releases its first compilation: 16 tracks of funk, soul and jazz recorded from the 70’s of Soudan, Liban, Morocco and Egypt. Habibi Funk is dedicated to re-releasing music from artists from the Arab world […]
Ethiopian singer based in Tel Aviv Gili Yalo made a beautiful music video in Addis Abeba for his single ‘Africa’. From his base in Tel Aviv, Gili Yalo is launching a solo career in a new project that combines Ethio-jazz with soul, funk, […]