Awesome Tapes from Africa’s Brian Shimkovitz has done a brilliant job over the past seven years or so of bringing...
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Derived from the Afrikaans word ‘kwai’ literally translating to angry, kwaito is the heavy, house music pumping out of modern...
Deriving from the French term, ‘secousse’ literally meaning ‘to shake’, Soukous music has a simple aim, to make the people...
This has undoubtedly been Mbongwana Stars’ year. The six-piece hail from Congo and is comprised of Liam Farrell, Ranay Kalambayi,...
Kenya is rich in musical history, from the much loved taarab through to caracha and more recently cumulating reggae and...
Originating in Ghana but with roots also placed firmly in Nigeria, Highlife music has had a major impact on modern...
Ahead of their Passing Clouds gig last weekend, we caught up with Ibibio Sound Machine front woman, Eno Williams, to have...