PJ Morton Unveils Star-Studded Album, Featuring Collaborations with Fireboy, Asa, and Mádé Kuti

Celebrated American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, P.J. Morton, features a lineup of Nigerian music stars on his thrilling new album titled ‘Cape Town to Cairo’.

Released through Morton Records/EMPIRE, this unprecedented project saw the 5-time GRAMMY winner create the entire album from scratch during a 30-day journey across Africa.

With no music, lyrics, or preconceptions, he arrived on the continent last fall with the ambitious dream of making an album in a month and a mission to immerse himself in as many different cultures, stories, and communities as possible.

Reflecting on his travels—from Cape Town and Johannesburg to Lagos (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana), Cairo (Egypt), and back to South Africa again, most of which he was visiting for the first time—PJ Morton says:

“I wanted to capture the emotions I felt while I was on the continent, so I made a promise that I wouldn’t write anything before I arrived in Africa, and I wouldn’t write anything after I left– I ended up recording all my vocals before I left too. It really was an experiment in trusting my instincts. I have the ability to overthink as many of us do, so I wanted to spark something that had real stakes.”

Discussing how he assembled the album, PJ Morton said:

“What ended up happening was that all of my raw thoughts and influences came out all at once. There’s of course R&B and soul, but there’s also gospel in songs like ‘Simunye,’ pop in ‘Count On Me,’ jazz on ‘All The Dreamers,’ all combined with the inspiration of Africa. We didn’t have the luxury of time to police which genres would fit where, and the origins of all this music started in Africa anyway. Cape Town to Cairo is the diaspora in music form, done my way.”

While collaborating with featured artists such as Fireboy DML, Mádé Kuti, Asa, Ndabo Zulu, and the Soweto Spiritual Singers, along with producers like P.Priime and The Cavemen, his own live band, and local musicians, ‘Cape Town to Cairo’ showcases PJ Morton using music as his universal language.