Paris-based label Komos announces the reissue of Soul Unity, initially released in 2006, by the Philadelphian born musician Byard Lancaster. Byard Lancaster made his career across Europe and the United States as a skilled jazz […]

Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story, 1975 – 1993 will be released on August 14th on Strut Records. After the inauguration of a new partnership with the mythical independent label Black Fire and […]

One year after the release of their debut track “Abusey Junction”, the Londoners announced their first EP with “Uman”. The band’s name ‘Kokoroko’ means ‘be strong’ in Orobo, a language and tribe from Nigeria. The […]

With members hailing from Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Malaysia, Spain and the UK, the Brighton-based band LAKUTA, releases today “Brothers & Sisters ” on the well known  Tru Throughts Records ! 10 summertime songs, from jazz, soul, afrobeat and […]

This week, PAM welcomes South African Afro-house heavyweight Mobi Dixon, delivering an elegant set, and a real antidote to the winter blues.

Icon of the Stay True Sounds label, South African beatsbyhand spreads his melodic know-how with his first album I am Jazz, in a sunny deep-house DJ set. Born in Port Elizabeth and currently residing in […]

Los Angeles-based label Flying Carpet Records announces the release of Here and There, Kibrom Birhane’s third album in which the Ethiopian jazzman experiments with the ancient deep jazz roots of his native Ethiopia. Since his […]

Maâlem Moktar Gania, brother of the late Mahmoud, unveils his first album Gnawa Soul via Universal Mena, recorded in the Moroccan port city of Essaouira. Registered as part of the intangible heritage of humanity in […]