Jazz as a practice of mutability: Belgium’s Black Flower have the world in their sound
Portrait
African music
African music encompasses the manifold, diverse music of the continent of Africa.
Features
Príncipe and a sound that refuses both eviction and dilution
Portrait
Message in a brown paper bag: how Shifty Records released music under apartheid
Portrait
To whose tune are we going to dance? Jad Abumrad on how his Fela Kuti podcast raises questions of resistance
Interview
Label Watch: Nø Førmat!
Portrait
Label Watch: Analog Africa
Portrait
Label Watch: Strut Records
Portrait
Jimi Tenor picks 10 records that shaped, improved and educated him
List, Portrait
Brian Shimkovitz of Awesome Tapes from Africa live at HHV Store
Column
For Oluko Imo, Africa is everything and could be more yet
Portrait
Afrobeat from Cologne: Muito Kaballa are more than just their YouTube hit
Portrait
Label Watch: Afrosynth
Portrait
How Mulatu Astatke invented Ethio Jazz
Portrait
Reviews
Fatoumata Diawara
Massa
No Format
Black Flower
Motions
Sdban Ultra
Antoine Dougbé & L’Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotono
Antoine Dougbé & L’Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotono
Analog Africa
Various Artists
Fight The Fire: Digital Reggae, Conscious Roots and Dub in Nigeria 1986–91
Soundway
Les Belgicains
Na Tango Ya Covadia 1964–1970 Vol. 2
Covadia
Various Artists
Music For A Revolution Vol. 2: Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label 1968‑1980
Radio Martiko
Tilaye Gebre
Tilaye’s Saxophone With The Dahlak Band
Muzikawi
Imarhan
Essam
City Slang
Helviofox
Rodeado de Batida
Príncipe
Jo Tongo
Those Flowers
The Outer Edge
Bizimungu Dieudonne
Inzovu Y’imirindi
Mississippi
Various Artists
Ghana Special: Highlife
Soundway
Zig-Zag Band
Chigiyo Music Kings
Analog Africa
Sankomota
Sankomota
Shifty
The Good Ones
Rwanda Sings With Strings
Glitterbeat
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas
The Black Album
Soundway
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas
The Blue Album
Soundway
Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu Plays Mulatu
Strut
Alick Nkhata
Radio Lusaka
Mississippi
Various Artists
Habibi Funk: A Selection From Libyan Tapes
Habibi Funk
Freh Khodja
Ken Andi Habib
WeWantSounds
Various Artists
Music For A Revolution Vol. 1: Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label 1967-1973
Radio Martiko
Kokoroko
Tuff Times Never Last
Brownswood
Jo Tongo
Sa Discossa
The Outer Edge
Les Abranis
Album No.1
WeWantSounds
DJ Narciso
Diferenciado
Príncipe
Various Artists
Borga Revolution 3: Ghanaian Dance Music 1984-99
Kalita
Nazar
Demilitarize
Hyperdub
Various Artists
Roots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound Of
Analog Africa
Ibex Band
Stereo Instrumental Music
Muzikawi
News
60 Minutes Jazz: we’re starting a curated playlist
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Jimi Tenor and his band are playing several concerts in Germany
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Flammer Dance Band bring their Afro-psychedelia to Germany this February
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Orchestra Baobab bring their Afro-Cuban sound to Hamburg and Berlin this November
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Radical live music at Berlin’s Gaswerk Music Days in July
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Mulatu Astatke on Farewell Tour – one last time in Berlin in November
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New Kokoroko Album Celebrates Resilience, Nostalgia, and Musical Openness
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The long-lost 1976 album »Stereo Instrumental Music« by influential Ethiopian The Ibex Band has had its second coming
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Europe’s best Afro-Funk combo, the Flammer Dance Band, is coming on tour
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Home game when Jembaa Groove electrifies the stage in Berlin this October
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Kokoroko come to Germany for four concerts in November
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Hailu Mergia plays in Berlin again, but definitely not the same
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WITCH back in Berlin with their Zambian funk rock
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Sahara rock with Etran de L’Aïr live in Berlin
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Ethio jazz grandmaster Mulatu Astatke honours Berlin with a Live Show
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Black Flower invite you to their excessive jazz in Berlin eraly next year
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Zamrock legends WITCH live in Berlin in November
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Dur-Dur Band bring the magic of Somali pop music to Berlin
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Senegal’s most iconic dance band Orchestra Baobab come to Berlin
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Unheard hits of the Trinidad combo Wildfire reissued
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Rousing for sure: Jembaa Groove play live in Berlin
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Black Children Sledge Funk Group – Reissue: »Love Is Not Fair«
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