Soma Magazine from San Francisco did a nice piece on Akwaaba this month. Check out the digital version of the magazine and head to page 28, or read it directly here. Thanks to Amity Bacon for her time and interest in Akwaaba!
Hora Quente is a late night show on Angola’s TPA 2 TV station. Its host Pedro N’Zagi invited Akwaaba Music founder Benjamin Lebrave to share his thoughts on Angolan music and its international potential.
Os Lambas is a name that already pops up if you do a quick search for kuduro. You can probably find some bootleg mp3s here and there, but for the most part, Luanda is where you’ll hear them. We met them here in Angola, and they took us to their home studio in the Sambizanga barrio. This neighborhood is a stronghold for kuduro, and Os Lambas are now one of its fiercest representants. They showed us their mic skills and recorded a short freestyle, until we release more of their highly additctive music.