Desire

All music is social commentary, argues Joyce Nyairo, as she deviates away from «conscious music» to consider the intended and unintended messages in current Nairobi pop.

Over the past decade, music scenes in the Arab region flourished, from the Morrocan rap scene, Egyptian mahraganat, rap, and electronic, to the unique standard of rappers in Palestine and the solid club scene in Lebanon despite all the political and economic turmoil.

In an era where platforms package music in a way that strips away life’s complexities, Angus Finlayson finds a melancholic antidote in the music documentary «The Long River Slides».

Nigerian singer Temi DollFace finds herself on a «one-woman mission to put the theatrics back into live music». In the podcast she talks about fashion, being a female artist in Nigeria, and the gap between critical acclaim and mainstream chart success.