2021 is fast approaching and it presents the opportunity for PAM to look back on the best albums of the last year. A difficult year is drawing to a close, one in which the world […]

The English label Brownswood, headed up by DJ and producer Gilles Peterson, presents Indaba Is, a compilation paying respects to current South African jazz, scheduled for release on January 29, 2021. The project was conceived […]

“Baba Ayoola” is an invitation to celebrate life from the London jazz band, now firmly established at the top of the exciting new English scene.   After the rapturous global reception for their track “Carry Me […]

From Johannesburg, DJ Okapi and Shane Cooper put the country’s young jazz talents in the spotlight through 12 finely selected tracks.

The London-born singer’s new album, Songs of an Unknown Tongue, is the outcome of a journey back into her ancestral homeland of Jamaica, where she regained her roots, confirming her dazzling career on her fourth […]

The UK’s foremost Jazz Vocalist, award winning singer- songwriter Zara McFarlane, returns with “Black Treasure”, a song inspired by an exploration of the singer’s Jamaican heritage

The London band Kokoroko is inspired by Dele Sosimi, an English musician of Nigerian origin for their song “Carry Me Home”. Photo © Nina Manandhar Led by trumpet player and bandleader Sheila Maurice-Grey, the band is […]

 ‘Show Me a Prison’ features cameos from activist Dr. Angela Davis. Seattle-raised, Brooklyn-residing Kassa Overall is a jazz musician, emcee, singer, producer, and drummer. He belongs to a rare class of musicians naturally fluent in […]