The state of Nigeria’s live music industry
It is rare in much of Africa to see a festival line-up of both established and up and coming artists performing with a full band.
Afrobeats
Weekend Music Break No.93
Welcome back to our Music Break, after it took a bit of a break itself. Enjoy this
Africa is a Radio: Episode #13
Africa is a Radio show for October 2015. Sean and Elliot are on a break from
Bigger and bigger
Every month, Hipsters Don't Dance send us their "Top World Carnival Tunes." This is September 2015's chart.
Weekend Music Break No.84
Whether you’re watching a game, having a drink with friends, or even getting some work in,
Ghana Takes The Apollo
We arrived at the Apollo Theater to see hiplife superstar Sarkodie at 7:00 p.m., an hour
No exoticism, no promos, just the music
The Hipsters Don’t Dance "Top World Carnival Tunes" for May 2015.
Weekend Music Break No.72
Kicking things off this week, South Africa’s BoysnBucks collective show off their “Umswenko” in a new
On Kwaito and Corporate (American) Hip Hop
In this episode of 'Office Conversations,' a few of us break down the blurred lines between kwaito, an indigenous South African pop genre, and hip hop.
Interview with Nidia Minaj: The multi-influenced teenage producer making noise in Lisbon’s vibrant Afro-electronic music scene
Anyone who has been paying attention to the global electronic dance music scene knows that there’s an
Your concepts of African belonging
The El Foukr R'Assembly collective wants to challenge dominant ideas of African identity and cultural diffusion on both sides of the Sahara.
The Baddest
Hipster's Don't Dance's Top 10 UK-based Afrobeats Tunes of 2014.
Vampire teeth
Annual review: Hipsters Don't Dance's "Top 10 African-Caribbean Collaborations" of 2014
Making African celebrity culture
Considering the proximity of celebrity culture to how capitalism operates in Africa, why is it not given more serious attention?
Africa is a Radio: Episode #6
Africa is a Radio episode 6 opens up with a transnational blend, combining remixes of Dotorado
Old Money’s mothership is here to save us all
The musical groups perhaps setting the pace for a new idea of liberation for people of African descent in the Americas.
Azonto soca in your area
It’s Carnival time again! Besides being one of my favorite annual excuses to party (although I
Weekend Music Break 47
Another week, another solid playlist of eclectic African sounds. Yo Chale, feeling fresh after a trip to
The BET Awards do Africa
What are the cultural implications of the success of individual African artists in particularly U.S. mainstream media and award shows?
The whole ‘Afrobeats’ thing
Afrobeats is broadly what most people think when they try to define black music in the UK. But it is hard to pin down.