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 […]