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![Album Review: Soothsayers – Tradition [Wah Wah 45s; June 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/soothsayers-tradition-335x256.jpg)
Tradition was released on the Wah Wah 45s label in June 2018 by South London based Soothsayers, traditionally renowned for their modernised 1960s afrobeat and contemporary jazz fusion mashups, coupled with big band brass sections and cutting-edge vocal harmonies. Ironically though, Tradition is far from traditional. Idris Rahman’s lyrical themes...
![Album Review: Gianni Denitto – Kāla [Elastica Records; 26th June 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/denitto-kala-335x256.png)
As a professional saxophonist, Gianni Denitto has spent the past two years touring, playing gigs and giving masterclasses around the world. Coming from a classical formation and with extensive experience in jazz music, the Italian musician has explored the intersection of classical and jazz with electronic music since his first...
![Album Review: Dobet Gnahoré – Miziki [Wagram Music; May 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/gnahore-miziki-335x256.jpg)
Having been raised in an environment where performing arts and African traditions were paramount, Ivorian vocalist Dobet Gnahoré has always had great artistic confidence and a strong sense of self. Her fifth album, entitled Miziki after the Bété word for music, is a true reflection of that assurance and traditional...
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On the London Latin Jazz Festival‘s eve, we couldn’t find a more appropriate cicerone to guide us through the musical marvels of Latin Jazz than the festival’s curator herself, Eliane Correa. Join the up & coming Cuban/Argentinian pianist, composer and arranger at Pizza Express Live tomorrow (Tuesday 16th October) and, in...
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Are you ready for a full-immersion in K-sounds? For the fifth year in a row, Serious and the Korean Cultural Centre are bringing to London the K-music Festival with its full supply of East Asian notes. Check out our playlist and have a sneak peek and listen to what you can enjoy...
The art-splattered walls of an old Peckham car park makes for a fantastically immersive and creative space, that holds all manner of independent businesses and creative hives. On the fifth floor sits Ghost Notes, a trendy music/events venue with a wonderful spectacle view of the tube occasionally whizzing past behind...
I interviewed Yazz Ahmed; the established face of contemporary fusion jazz. Since releasing her debut album in 2011 (Finding My Way Home), Yazz Ahmed has been conquering the scene with her original blend of Arabian maqam scales played on a unique quarter-toned flugelhorn. As well as this, Yazz’s long list...
Chiminyo is a composer, drummer and percussionist who is acutely involved with many of the most iconic projects of London’s contemporary music scene (southern city jazz plus northern city interplay of Turkish, Greek, Romani and Klezmer music). You might hear him bustling with Don Kipper, Maisha or Cykada, let alone...
Last year, Esinam was quite a revelation for us. We listened to her first single “Electric Lady” and inevitably lost our heads to her dancy and well-rounded Afro-electro sound, enhanced by the refined production of Ibaaku. That’s why we are pretty thrilled to premiere her debut EP out today for...
There was a time, at the turn of the century, when the so-called patchanka (also defined as rock mestizo, rock metis or alt-Latino) finally enjoyed the fruits of two decades of underground music militancy. Manu Chao, Barcelona and its Ramblas, and the anti-globalization movement became the protagonists and subjects of...
Nestled in Johannesburg is The Orbit, a sit-down, swanky cocktail affair, complete with an equally classy jazz band. A grand piano, saxophone, drum kit and five string bass were fronted by a lady dressed in a sophisticated all-black velvet jumpsuit, centre-stage, playing the flute: Kamogelo Matsoso. This opening tune was...