Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This May we’re traveling with Fatoumata Diawara, celebrating touareg culture with the Tinariwen and exploring our feelings with Bongeziwe Mabandla.

This single, first peak at the Malian icon’s next project, comes with a video guiding through Mali’s riches, directed by Grégory Ohrel. “Nsera”, meaning destination in the Bambara language, is the newest ode to Mali’s […]

My WorlD with U WurlD Lagos-born WurlD today unveils his much-anticipated debut album My WorlD With U. From sprawling, ethereal opener ‘THESE DAYS’ to the raw emotions of ‘NAKED RAIN’ and somber tones of ‘GUCCI’ […]

Koffee, Fatoumata Diawara, Mayra Andrade, Barrington Levy, and Fela Kuti all step in to redefine the score of the American Western and the forgotten black cowboy on Netflix’s The Harder They Fall.  Netflix’s original The […]

Damon Albarn’s animated band invites Malian star Fatoumata Diawara on new video extracts from Song Machine series. “Désolé” is the second installment of Gorillaz Song Machine series. It follows “Momentary Bliss” featuring slowthai and Slaves. In the video for “Désolé,” […]

The Malian singer delivers a thrilled performance of “Nterini” on Colors. Recognized as one of the most beautiful voices of modern African music, Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara offers an electrifying and bright interpretation of ‘Nterini’ on […]

Fenfo, Fatoumata Diawara‘s new record since 2011’s Fatou was released last year. Parisian label Musiques des Sphères offers four electrifying remixes from it The Grammy-nominated Malian musician and singer reveals last year her second album, Fenfo, in wich she […]

The Utrecht festival finalizes his unique line-up and announces the full curated programs. Taking place in the beautiful Dutch city of Utrecht, Le Guess Who? is dedicated to boundary-crossing music from all over the world, featuring avant-garde, […]