Every week, we highlight significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s selection includes albums from YG, Mama Odé, Phinoshey, Muzi, Zaza, Niniola, YellowStraps and more. Colours and Sound Niniola The Nigerian singer unites […]

He first sang to the love of God before mixing hip-hop, jazz, soul and lo-fi. Phinoshey reveals life in the Nairobi slum on his 16-track album Sun from Kibera.  The album takes place in the […]

The new vengeful and farcical video “Tittle Tattle” provides a baroque sample of their third album Freedom Fables scheduled for next February. The young English collective from Leeds is shaking up the codes of contemporary […]

Whatever its shape, the flute stands firmly rooted in most African music. This is an insight into the role of the instrument, with a focus on the musicians who made it famous and those who place it in the spotlight today.

The new video for “Ubaba” (Father) tells the story of the Soweto fathers forced to work in ‘the hostels’ — male-occupied working-class homes during apartheid. Feet in the tradition, head in the future, the four musicians […]

Every week, we highlight significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s selection includes albums from Tems, Urban Village, Langa Mavuso, Masma Dream World and G Sudden. For Broken Ears Tems The rising nigerian […]

Franco, Tabu Ley, Makeba, Abeti… they all were recorded during these three crazy nights that announced the famous Ali vs Foreman boxing fight. Back to Kinshasa, Zaire, 1974.

Considered by many as the godfathers of modern music in Uganda, The Cranes reunited after a 44-year hiatus for a history-making concert at the Nyege Nyege Festival. PAM revisits the band’s musical fortunes, closely tied with the nation’s political history – for better or for worse.