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Here s our round up of the best tracks and music videos that came across our desks, which you can also check out in our Songs You Need to Hear This Week playlists on Spotify and Apple Music.
Follow our SONGS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS WEEK playlist on Spotify here and Apple Music here. Rema Soundgasm
Rema
adds country-style guitars to his ever impressive bag of tricks as he drops the new single, Soundgasm. The
London-produced track showcases the Nigerian star s vocal range as he goes from a high-pitched refrain to rap-sung verse melodies seamlessly. The music video follows Rema to a house in Nashville where he s joined by a female companion. Soundgasm follows Rema s eye-grabbing 2021 singles like Bounce and Dimension his collaboration with Skepta and Jae5.
Photo credit should read RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images
Over 50 riveting documentaries are set to premiere at this yearâs Encounters South African International Documentary Festival which will span over ten days.
The Encounters South African International Documentary Festival has announced its line-up of over 50 visual escapades to watch both online and in selected theatres. Truth-seeking, searing and undoubtedly moving African stories are what cinephiles can certainly look forward to. Themes explored in the documentaries include: culture, dance, homosexuality, politics, migration, refugee rights, homophobia, queer rights, colonialism and land rights.
I am Samuel is just what to watch especially during international Pride month. The documentary traces out the lived realities of members of the LGBTQIA+ community in a country where homosexuality is a punishable criminal offence. Samuel s secret gay life is complicated by his father who is a preacher and expects Sa
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People living in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo fear another volcanic eruption from Mount Nyiragongo after aftershocks and an earthquake in the area.
Plus, it is 30 years since Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia, but what have the past three decades meant for freedoms and democracy?
And South African rock band Black Jacks on their new album Abantu/Before Humans, which is has just been released - ten years after their last one. Show less
New Music Reviews (5/24) KEXP
Each week, Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP s rotation. These reviews help our DJs decide on what they want to play. See what we added this week below (and on our Charts page), including new releases from
Mdou Moctar,
Afrique Victime (Matador)
This Agadez, Niger-based guitarist’s sixth studio album is a powerful blend of traditional Tuareg music and fiery psych-rock, combining acoustic and electric guitars (including lots of incendiary, sky-scraping solos) with call-and-response vocals, hypnotic melodies and lyrics blending the political and the personal. DY