For the third and final in our series on classic albums recorded in Paris in the eighties and nineties during the first coming of “world music” we consider Le Voyageur by Papa Wemba.

Reekado Banks invites his superstar entourage to give the remix treatment to his most recent hit track “Ozumba Mbadiwe” off his OTR Vol.2 EP including a music video with Fireboy DML. Reekado Banks, who had […]

While Black History Month is all year round for us at PAM, we’re going to celebrate this February and publish a number of special articles. Here we have an annotated playlist made up of 5 songs from 5 historic activists.

Joined by the band The Silverbacks, the soul singer unveils a new hymn to endurance and strength.   Shirley Davis’ muses are probably Marva Whihney, Gladys Knight and Sharon Jones. Born in London to Jamaican immigrant […]

Three years after her Rapture EP, the Grammy Award-winning Jamaican singer announces her album Gifted with new fast-paced visuals.  In reggae and dancehall sound systems, “pull up” is something you would hear when the MC […]

The San Francisco-based producer has announced a killer dancehall project, released via London’s Club Yeke.  Kush Arora, also known as Only Now, has long carried the soundscape of dancehall close to his heart. Based in […]

The “Rose of Bamako” continues to drop visuals for her new project including “N’yanyan” and “Kurunba”. Rokia Koné’s musical journey began in the courtyard of her childhood home in Dioro, cradle of the Mande empire. […]

Curated by Femi Kuti and Chris Martin, Fela Kuti’s music will be revisited via a 7xLP box set with commentary from afrobeat historian Chris May, a poster design from Lemi Ghariokwu, and stills from Music is the Weapon.