MUSIC

John Ondolo spent his life traveling between Tanzania, where he was born, and Kenya, where he recorded a string...

From the late 1960s until the early 1990s, a vibrant music scene in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu was teeming wit...

Martin Khanja (aka Lord Spike Heart) and Sam Karugu emerge from Nairobi's flourishing underground metal scene a...

Frank and His Sisters is a family band formed by Frank Humplick, Thecla Clara, and Maria Regina in the early 19...

From the late 1960s until the early 1990s, a vibrant music scene in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu was teeming wit...

Olvido Records, a new label distributed by Mississippi that has made a splash by reissuing Greek music from the...

Uganda's famous Nyege Nyege Tapes festival, and in 2020 at the legendary nightclub Berghain in Berlin with avan...

A masterpiece that has been loved since its publication in 1968 from the long-established folk music store Okor...

Strut introduces a pioneering new compilation 'A Dancefloor In Ndola,' curated by revered East African DJ, Kamp...

The Sator Arepo, or Sator Square, is an ancient word puzzle comprising five palindromes that's etched on variou...

Dancehall might have emerged in Jamaica, but over the last few decades the popular genre's tendrils have stretc...

From its founding in the late 14th century, the kingdom of Buganda has been celebrated through sound and nurtur...

A massive honor to be releasing the first in a four volume retrospective of one of Africa’s most influential mu...

"Sounds of Pamoja" is Nyege Nyege Tapes' latest foray into the world of Tanzanian Singeli, the breakneck dance ...

Bamanya is responsible for building Africa's first DIY modular synthesizer, a huge wall of home-made modules an...

My Strong Will is a new album of "Ethiopian Classical Music" by Girma Yifrashewa. Recorded with Bulgarian music...

Source of Denial is the second LP from Nihiloxica, the Bugandan techno outfit hailing from Kampala, Uganda. It ...

Having toured the world with Mczo and been at the helm of his own studio Pamoja Records since he was just 18, i...

Since the appearance of his cult breakthrough debut Tuli Banyo released on Hakuna Kulala in 2018, Ugandan consc...

While Chrisman's "Ku Mwezi" ep mostly explored gqom and trap influenced Afrohouse mutations, his debut album he...

If you like DJ Lag, Nazar and Slikback, you'll love this one! Hailing from Umlazi Township in Durban, South Afr...

RAW SPACE" is rooted in chaos and chance, sensuality and intensity - it's an album that's able to sound alarmin...

Gorgeous and hypnotic Tanzanian dance music from the legendary Kiko Kids Jazz, a group that formed in the 1950s...