South African label Gallo Music launches a new six-part series about African musical history. From the 1930s to present day, to explore the stories behind their massive catalogue.  To celebrate its 95th anniversary, South African […]

Habibi Funk unearthed yet another lost gem, this time pertaining to Salah Ragab’s Cairo Jazz Band vocalist Maha. Orkos, recorded in Cairo in 1979 combines jazz and Egyptian vocal traditions with funk, latin and soul. […]

Thirty-fifth album and counting, the 75-year-old musician is about to release yet another record, Hi-life Jazz, in which he revisits works by John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Wayne Shorter and Miles Davis. Born in 1947, ten […]

The man from Martinique who blended Creole poetry and the flute of Martinique’s mountainous regions had an incandescent and singular trajectory. The child from Marigot, composer of the song “Bwa Brilé”, continues to inspire younger generations today.

PAM spoke with Obongjayar upon the release of his debut album, Some Nights I Dream Of Doors, a totally original dreamlike pursuit of passion that breeds hope for those who are lost.

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.