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, […]

We met with Sampa The Great, Zambian female poet and rapper who has just released the mixtape Birds And The BEE9 on UK label Big Dada. Sampa Tembo’s music sounds like a mysterious and spiritual […]

Inside a medieval castle and under the star-lighted sky of the Portuguese Atlantic coast, singer Oumou Sangaré and her musicians entertain a very mixed audience – in style, age and social class. At the same […]

We talked to one of the Hot Casa Records’s two founder, Julien Lebrun. The label mainly offers 1970s afro funk reissues and also welcomes today’s productions of artists who pick up the funk torch.

EA Wave is the new collective spreading in East Africa by means of their electric blend of house, trap, hip-hop and downtempo.

Oddisee releases The Iceberg the february 24th on Mello Music Group.

Reissue of the original Amha Records compilation that revolutionized the Ethiopian society 44 years ago. A great alternative for ethio-jazz lovers who cannot afford to pay for the hard-to-find 1972 record. When it comes to Ethiopian music […]