Each week PAM staff rounds up significant new releases available on streaming services. This week, list includes new albums and EPs from Koffee, The Comet Is Coming, Dexter Story, The Polyversal Souls and Del B. Listen below. Koffee Rapture EP  New […]

Bahir, to be released on Soundway Records on March 15th, is a snapshot of the last few years of the artist’s immersive study of the Horn of Africa. The album follows his Wondem LP in 2015, which was also […]

The collective, led by charismatic singer Eno Williams, announced a new album that will be out in March with the track “Tell Me (Doko Mien)”. Born in London in 2013, the afro-disco project has a […]

The year 2018 was a great year for the reissue of musical treasures from all over the continent. Here are our 25 most loved reissue albums of 2018. This list reflects ‘favourites’ albums that PAM […]

K.O.G a.k.a Kweku of Ghana and iZem a.k.a In Ze Early Morning. Pura Vida Sounds, the brand new imprint set up by GUTS presents its second release. “Change” is a collaboration between iZem and K.O.G, two expats who capture their surrounding vibrations perfectly. Singer and multi-instrumentalist, born in […]

Sublime cover of Steve Monite’s “Only You”, a song hailed as the holy grail of 1980s Nigerian funk. Repopularize in 2016 by Soundway Records with compilation Doing It In Lagos, Steve Monite’s “Only You” is a […]

Crate-digger Samy Ben Redjeb unveils the second volume of his Beninese Vodoun-funk compilation. Ten years ago, Analog Africa released the first African Scream Contest, “a record that took you into its own space with the same electrifying […]

He escaped from Luanda’s ghetto at 17, and recently escaped temporarily from his Porto-based “kudurock” trio Throes + The Shine. Angolan singer and musician Diron Animal plays it solo with his debut album, Alone, proudly released […]