The American Negro Adrian Younge Adrian Younge embarks on what he considers the most important project of his career with the album The American Negro: “The American Negro dissects the hidden mechanisms of a form […]

Something Else Mr Eazi The Nigerian music giant returns with the much-anticipated EP, Something Else. He explains: “This project was inspired by Kel P and Killertunes, who kept coming to meet me in Accra until […]

Nina Simone’s song became Aretha Franklin’s hit. It’s many covers attest to how much it has spoken and continues to speak to black artists from the US and elsewhere.

Far Out Recordings has re-released Mora I and Mora II on vinyl, albums by the percussionist Francisco Mora Catlett. Born in Washington in 1947, Catlett grew up in Mexico City, where he became one of […]

Following on from the work done by Black Fire label, Strut Records is honoring JuJu, an artist who has truly left his mark on different jazz currents. Strut Records offers a real gem. Continuing its […]

Adrian Younge’s most ambitious and deeply personal project to-date. The exceptional Adrian Younge is embarking on an eminently political project: the deconstruction of racism in the United States. The Californian has a knack for wonderfully […]

Stop the Hate Femi Kuti Femi Kuti‘s album, Stop the Hate, is a tribute to his father Fela Kuti, the legendary creator of Afrobeat. Indeed, in “Pà Pá Pà,” the artist criticizes the powers that […]

For his second album, the Cameroonian guitarist Indy Dibongue delivers Bebey Blues, a perfect symbiosis between jazz-rock and African heritage. Francis Bebey’s musical soul runs through the whole of this album, in which Indy Dibongue […]