Inventive labels are revealing to the world forgotten musical gems, full of history and lost to the archives. Here’s a selection of some of the best African reissues of 2022.
After having surprised us with their EP Anyway, Fiyahdred stirs the knife in the wound by releasing a summary of their afro-club influences in a PAM Club 100% dancefloor, 0% leftovers. A few months ago, […]
Nancy Mounir is bringing music back to life in her Cairo studio, exploring the tuning systems outside of the Arabic mainstream used by Egyptian artists in the 1920s for a new composition that reimagines the sounds that were uninvited to the Congress of Arab Music.
The English label Mr Bongo has got hold of a highly coveted South African musical gem, Stimela’s EP Rewind. Whether it be MPB, English rock, afro-latino music, US rap or, of course, African music, Mr […]
In August 1970, Franco’s younger brother, Bavon Marie-Marie, passed away under tragic circumstances. As an epitaph, the Grand Master paid tribute with one of his most beautiful songs, “Kinsiona” (Sorrow).
This week, Mahalia explores the complex nature of peopl’s relationships with their exes, the Buruklyn Boyz’s change of repertoire, Kwaku DMC tries on a minimalist approach to drill, Shabaka guides us through a meditation and Alune Wade recounts the sultan’s life.
In Mali, her home country, she is busy with a project to create an institute ; she recorded her new album Timbuktu in the United States ; and she has recently become an actress in a film shot in France. Oumou Sangaré is back indeed and speaks cogently and with humour about her thirty-year career. Interview.
Our week’s selection includes Smallgod’s collaborative project, Toxicated Keys’s debut album, Ibeyi’s bewitching return, Leyla McCalla’s politically engaged work and Jess ETA’s afro-pop infused album.