The son of Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, a Nigerian highlife hero who sadly passed fifteen years ago, has followed in his father’s footsteps to continue his musical legacy on Igbo Amaka, a brilliant album released on Palenque Records.

Reissues always remind us that the ocean of music is much deeper than the surface of new releases. From Ghana to Colombia, passing by Somalia, Zimbabwe or Mali, PAM has selected 30 reissues from 2022 that bring back from oblivion the great archives of African music.

Owing to the tenacity of their leader, Dan Satch, and the label Palenque Records, 50 years after their first album the famous Igbo highlife orchestra from eastern Nigeria is back with a new record.

Accompanied by his “Talented fellows’ band of Africa”, the Nigerian singer has unveiled his new album Aja Wele Wele via Palenque Records. Oliver Nayoka, born Okwudili Oliver Anisiobi, is an artist from Ekwulummiri, south of […]

Between Colombia and Central Africa, this mix of frenzied percussion, Afro-Colombian songs and “Cameroonian style” electric guitars  mark an energizing album whose central aim is to make us dance: ¡Bailalo Duro! With their first track […]