The Face To Face project, a rare recording of the magical encounter between Sotho folk singers and Swedish collective, is brought back to life by Strut Records. Out January 27th.
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.
A time capsule of 1980’s Congo, the Balka Sound compilation, available November 11th, gathers the best from the eponymous genre and group, led by grand ngomfi master Nbiki “Lusialala” Albert. Legend says that Nbiki Albert […]
Strut Records presents the final installment in their series of Sun Ra reissues with this new project recorded in Egypt in 1983. Egyption percussionist Salah Ragab’s first interaction with Sun Ra was at a concert […]
A key figure of Brazilian jazz fusion, the singer is set to release her first studio album in over 15 years via Strut Records. If You Will was recorded primarily in Curitiba and São Paulo. […]
The singer, who has lived in Argentina and the UK, has announced a new album in true Congolese style with “Nalingi Mobali Te”, strongly inspired by DRC “sapeurs”. Juanita Euka’s new song, blending Congolese guitar […]
The British label returns to the rich archives of Black Fire Records to celebrate an album by the Ghanaian master percussionist. Recorded in Washington D.C.’s Arrest Studios in 1977, Asante’s Drum Message is a deeply […]
By reissuing this 1970 Mama Africa’s album, the English label is boosting awareness of the major political events that marked the life of one of the most pan-African voices of all time. Miriam Makeba said: […]
Following on from the work done by Black Fire label, Strut Records is honoring JuJu, an artist who has truly left his mark on different jazz currents. Strut Records offers a real gem. Continuing its […]
The year has started with a bang for Nubiyan Twist and the Ghanaian dynamo K.O.G (Kweku of Ghana), who added a dose of brass and dance rhythms to this latest single ahead of the release […]
On their forthcoming album El Hal / The Feeling, the British six-piece band explores the sensory effects of Gnawa music. “El Hal” in Arabic means “feeling,” more precisely the feeling that comes when you play […]
Through this third single, Nick Richards and guest feature Soweto Kinch signal the coming of the long-awaited Freedom Fables on February 5. “Buckle Up,” the third single from the album, brings together the best of […]
The orchestra founded by Sun Ra is releasing a new album, Swirling, which perpetuates the brilliant creativity of the free Pharaoh. Patriarch Marshall Allen and his friend Knoel Scott share this vibrant and persistent legacy with PAM.
In the video for their first single “Kologo,” extracted from a forthcoming eponymous album, Alostmen apply resourcefulness and virtuosity to the traditional Ghanaian lute. Inspired by rap, reggae and traditional Malian instruments, the Ghanaian group […]
The new vengeful and farcical video “Tittle Tattle” provides a baroque sample of their third album Freedom Fables scheduled for next February. The young English collective from Leeds is shaking up the codes of contemporary […]
This October, Sun Ra Arkestra are releasing their first new studio album in over 20 years on Strut Records. Led by 96-year-old saxophonist Marshall Allen – longtime leader of the orchestra – the cosmic jazz prophets have […]
The group of ten musicians from Nubiyan Twist invites the singer Ego Ella May to guest on their first single of the year entitled “24-7”. With two albums, the collective signed to the excellent Strut […]
With Congolese and Argentinian roots, Juanita Euka, became a regular guest at London’s Latin and Afrobeat parties. Her first single, “Alma Seca”, which is part of the Killing Eve series soundtrack, has just been released […]
Including their biggest crossover international hit, ‘Every Way But Loose’ After becoming a master in the reissue of records of the past, the label Strut Records inaugurates a new partnership with the mythical independent label Black […]
The band Onipa unveils the video clip for “We No Be Machine”, the eponymous title of an album which will be released on March 20th via Strut Records. Onipa is a project born from a […]
Strut presents the second volume in a series of compilations taken from the archives of Disques Debs International, the longest-running and most prolific label of the French Caribbean. Set up by the late Henri Debs […]
Strut Records and Art Yard present a compilation bringing together the modern era recordings of Tribe, Detroit’s acclaimed independent jazz collective. Tribe began as a musical ensemble in 1971 co-founded by Saxophonist Wendell Harrison and […]
The Ghanaian singer released his new album on October 4th. Just before his European tour, Pat Thomas invited us to Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Photography by Sonia Achdjian It is in the western part of […]
A deep and soulful journey into the heart of Ghana’s indigenous highlife music. The 72-year-old “Golden Voice of Africa” Pat Thomas, Ghanaians producers Kwame Yeboah and Ben Abarbanel-Wolff from the Kwashibu Area Band announced the release of their sophomore […]
Celebrating the Malagasy National Holyday, Alefa Madagascar : Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974 1984 references the cultural movements of salegy, soukous and soul-folk from Madagascar. Born in the fifteenth century, salegy was inspired from […]
The life of the late sonic genius, who died in 2017, still remains a mystery. The man is just as mysterious as the recipe for his music. Onyeabor was truly a UFO who crossed over […]
Prestigious london-based label Strut releases the first new volume in their pioneering ‘Nigeria 70’ series for over 8 years: No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju (1973-1987) Curated by collector and DJ Duncan Brooker, this new edition brings together rare […]
Released in 1986, Sewele is an important record for Jùjú music. Sir Shina Peters is one the most prolific Afro-Juju musicians, a style of Nigerian popular music, a mixture of traditional Jùjú music and Afrobeat. It became very […]
The compilation series explore the archives of one of the greatest of all French Caribbean labels, Disques Debs out of Guadeloupe. Created by the late Henri Debs during the late ‘50s, Disques Debs was a label and […]
You got a new message. Cosmic travelers Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids are back to deliver us a warning message in the form of mystical afro-jazz. Scheduled for May 11th on English label Strut Records, new […]
Last part of our three-part interview. Seun Kuti talks to PAM about two new songs on his recently released album, Black Times. The first, “Theory of Goat and Yam” evokes the rampant corruption in Nigeria, […]
Seun Kuti talks to PAM about the tracks on his new album, Black Times! True to himself and to the legacy of his father, Fela, he excoriates the politico-financial mafia that runs public affairs and […]
Seun Kuti and the Egypt 80, the legendary dance orchestra of Afrobeat, announces its fourth album, Black Times. The youngest son of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti will release his new album, Black Times, the 2nd March 2018 on great record label Strut. […]
Le label londonien Strut Records sort la compilation Oté Maloya: The Birth of Electric Maloya on Réunion Island, la suite de Soul Sok Séga sorti en 2016.
Strut Records, crate-digging record label based in London, pays tribute to the full-career of Ghanaian Highlife master Pat Thomas, covering his late ‘60s big band highlife recordings through to the “burger highlife” movement of the early […]