On June 30th, 1960, the entire population of the Congo, and in particular its capital Lépoldville, danced “the independence cha-cha”. But menacing clouds would soon darken the Congolese skies. Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba would come to pay the price for his actions. His name remains forged in people’s memories, and in the songs that tell his tragic story.

Just before the release of his new EP Healing Process, the Nigerian artist shares a mini-documentary reflecting the creation process of his new EP, Healing Process. The mini-documentary by Nigerian artist Skales is a true personal journey […]

The psychedelic Malian blues band announced their next album with a new music video shot in the streets of Bamako. After Music in Exile and Resistance, Malian band Songhoy Blues announced their long-awaited third album […]

The American label reissues Yogo Yogo, the second album of the “Shangaan Disco King” released in 1996.

We re-visit the award-nominated artist’s debut album, and examine how it links to her new body of work.

In the first episode of our series dedicated to the soundtrack of independence from Congo (DRC), PAM reflects on the influence of Afro-Cuban music that the first great Congolese orchestras began to imitate, before they broke free to create their own sound: “Congolese rumba”.

‘Performer | Poor Person | laughing & crying’. This is Moses Sumney’s bio on Twitter, a space where he regularly posts his poetical and political musings, as well as images with sublime yet quite disturbing […]

The Nigerian music industry, facing the reality of the pandemic, has turned virtual. The digital world is busy as ever as TikTok challenges and Instagram Lives begin to take the place of traditional video. That […]