This two-disc retrospective touches on several phases of Ghanaian vocalist Pat Thomas’ career, pulling highlife, swing jazz, Afrobeat, psychedelic rock, reggae, funk, and disco into his joyful orbit.

What is more, with an exclusive package including rare photos, original album artwork and sleeve notes by Soundway Records’ Miles Claret, Taylor’s album is a truly timeless classic that deserves to be ...

Afrobeat, Nigeria’s electrifying contribution to world music, is thriving in the Chicago Afrobeat Project. Viewing themselves as musical ambassadors for an art form few Americans are familiar with, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. To his parents, and to his 43 siblings, Ferry Djimmy was Jean Maurille Ogoudjobi. He acquired his nickname, ...

“I wanted to be one of the best — that was my wish,” Nigerian drum legend Tony Allen said on the Trap Set podcast during a 2015 interview. “To be the best, it’s not when you are doing the same thing ...

The groove was only about 20 seconds old when the first hardy soul took to the dance floor Monday night at The Works. And as he waved his arms to encourage the rest of the seated crowd, it was as if ...

Musically speaking, certain countries are ruled by one dominant figure to the point where various talents lurking in the rich and diverse musical undergrowth get overlooked and, at worst, forgotten.

Mick Jaggeris no stranger to collaborating with other superstars. Though the 81-year-old rock legend is best known for fronting The Rolling Stones, he's made music with a bevy of others over the years ...

In a town that has been identified as a music hub for decades, it's almost unthinkable that there might be underrepresented genres in the Athens scene, but some local venues and promoters have taken ...

Rapper/Mogul/Actor Snoop Dogg and Afrobeat vocalist CuhDeeJah just teamed up with the West Coast legend himself, Snoop Dogg, to give their spin on the 80s funk classic “Bad Mama Jama” in her latest ...