In his quarter-century of music-making, soukous master Pepe Kalle has moved from dense, rumba-based arrangements, with guitar filling in for the piano parts, to sinewy, stripped-down party music ...

Ibrahim Sylla just passed away. He was only 57. He produced some of our favorite African music. Artists like Oumou Sangare, Youssou N’Dour, Empire Bakuba, Alpha Blondy, Les 4 Etoiles, Pepe Kalle, ...