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5 albums to discover this week
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5 albums to discover this week

Our week’s selection includes Smallgod’s collaborative project, Toxicated Keys’s debut album, Ibeyi’s bewitching return, Leyla McCalla’s politically engaged work and Jess ETA’s afro-pop infused album.

Jazz Is Dead assembles the greats for 11th compilation
News
Jazz Is Dead assembles the greats for 11th compilation

Jazz Is Dead welcomes its eleventh edition with Tony Allen, Lonnie Linston Smith, and Jean Carne under the direction of Californian multi-instrumentalist producer Adrian Younge and founding member of A Tribe Called Quest, Ali Shaheed […]

The best Nigerian songs of 2021
List / Guide
The best Nigerian songs of 2021

This year Nigerian music broke records, filled stadiums, and created household names around the world.

The 30 best electronic albums of 2021
Feature
The 30 best electronic albums of 2021

Listen to 2021’s best amapiano, batida, baile funk, techno, jungle, gqom, afro-futurist and more, making the clubs bounce all across the continent.

Willy N’for’s movements, migration, and the geography of groove
History
Willy N’for’s movements, migration, and the geography of groove

Musicians have always travelled. Willy N’for had all the necessary ingredients to want to travel, a troubled past, a complicated life, dexterity with the bass guitar, and an appetite for travelling on the interstellar grooves of funk, with dreams of jamming with giants.

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Miles Davis: a sun’s path in 100 tracks and 5 stops
List / Guide
Miles Davis: a sun’s path in 100 tracks and 5 stops

Thirty years ago, music giant Miles Davis passed away in California. In partnership with Getup, PAM looks back – in 5 steps and as many playlists – on the journey of a revolutionary.

Talking tapes with Onipa
Interview
Talking tapes with Onipa

PAM spoke to Onipa about cassette tapes, family, and higher purpose upon the release of their Tapes of Utopia remix album with guest appearances from the extended Onipa family.

Archie Shepp: The great champion of transmission
Feature
Archie Shepp: The great champion of transmission

The pioneer of «free jazz » has ceaselessly examined every strata of African-American culture since his arrival on the scene in 1960. He continues his explorations on his new album « Let My People Go », a duo with the pianist Jason Moran.