We were lucky... LA to Accra via Amsterdam was relatively smooth... No one got stranded in post-volcano Europe, we...
Ghana 2010: the saga begins!
Pretty funny start to our adventure, below are the directions to the house where we're staying in Accra: "In west...
Inspiring: Baaba Maal for Playing For Change
As we get ready to fly out to Ghana to meet with local music studios, it is very inspiring to listen to Baaba Maal...
Angolan Semba vs Brazilian Samba
Hey African music fans! My name is Catherine Barnes, and I'll be contributing a series of articles to this blog on...
Wonderful -but unembeddable (!) video about Just A Band
Not sure why you would CHOOSE to make a youtube video non-embeddable... hopefully this won't scare you away, and...
Os Mais Potentes “Yoyó” on latest Fader Mag 7″
In the Fader's own words: "The 12th installment of the FADER/Southern Comfort 7-inch series is an upbeat one, with...
DJ Ramatoulaye “Aladji” – always appropriate
Blast from the (not so distant) past! No real reason to post this today, except we're on our way back to Ghana and...
Next up… Botswana, Skeat “Meropa”
We're excited to release Skeat's debut album later this month!! Expect a crazy mish mash of kwaito, kwassa house, hip...
Akwaaba featured in the Last Magazine
When Akwaaba boy Benjamin Lebrave did the photo session with NY photographer Mark Squires, he was told that everybody...
Viral Just A Band Video is a first in Kenya says CNN
Jali going at it again on the kora
Lino Versace, 2Falet+ Les Ambianceuses about coupé décalé (fr)
Oumou Sangaré – Sounsoumba (acoustic)
Just A Band – Ha He video
Very funny mish mash of 1970s film... blaxploitation, Bollywood, probably some Kenyan cinema we don't really know...
03/16 WW: Ze Buuuuula! Beatport exclusive!
Yes, it's been a slow process... we've held onto the remixes for months, squeezing them into our pipeline, and at...
Jali Bakary Konteh playing the kora in Brikama (Gambia)
Kedjevara – Chékélé
Akwaaba Sem Transporte review in Clark (fr)
Pretty fancy.... Clark is one of the sharpest culture mags in France at the moment, and it is a pleasure, scratch...
09/12 LA: BBRAVE @ Malick Sidibé photo show
Akwaaba founder Benjamin Lebrave aka BBRAVE will hog the decks once more, at a photography show by 70s Malian...
08/27 SF: BBRAVE @ Afrolicious
Joey and Oz of Afrolicious are inviting Akwaaba's turntable-hogging founder, BBRAVE, to spread the African sounds in...
08/21 LA: BBRAVE @ Daddy O’s
O-Raj has been rockin' the decks at Enterprise Fish Co in Santa Monica all summer long. After a first fun + successful...
08/04 WW: Akwaaba Sem Transporte
At last... Akwaaba unleashes a wild collection of bangers from Luanda, Angola. Some of the big names are on there,...
08/06 MX: BBRAVE @ Queretaro 246, Mexico City
Last minute gig at this brand new spot on the border of Zona Roma and Condesa, 246 Queretaro right by Insurgentes,...
08/04 WW: Ze Bula remix contest
Akwaaba Music, Mad Decent & Fairtilizer are happy to bring you the Ze Bula Remix Contest by Figura and DJ MJ, off...
04/21 Alou Sangaré’s Buranké on iTunes
Alou Sangaré's abum Agoh comes out today in the iTunes music store, cop it while it's hot!
08/06 MX: BBRAVE in Mexico City
BBRAVE takes over the decks at Queretaro 246, a month old spot right on the edge of Zona Roma and Condesa, right by...
Akwaaba Sem Transporte on Myspace
Everyone has their favorite site to listen to music and check out new artists... Myspace still deserves respect, so we...