Results for: 'afrobeat'

Rated by THE FACE: a playlist featuring Jorja Smith, Asake, Bambii and Doja Cat.

Rated by THE FACE: a playlist featuring Potter Payper, Sofie Royer, Jorja Smith and Overmono.

Chiming neatly with men’s fashion week, club night Baile Preto lit Paris up until the wee hours last week, with welcome support from PUMA. We stopped by for a dance and a catch-up with scene saviour Beto Neri.

THE FACE speaks to British-Somalian artists about stigma, solidarity and the future of the scene.

Once the subject schoolyard taunts, African heritage is now a badge of pride among the UK diaspora. The music scene is driving the cultural shift.

Review: The Nigerian artist has blended genres to brew style with international appeal.

Seven months on from the terrible events at Asake’s show in South London, survivors are still picking up the pieces. Drawn from exhaustive research and eye-witness testimony, here’s a timeline of what happened that night.

The 24-year-old has taken her beloved genre into fresh territory and earned the respect of the scene’s older heads. Her next trick? A debut album that fuses euphoric breaks with the guitar-powered swagger of Britpop. Let’s have it.