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![Daily Discovery: Soom T – Easy Weed [Official Music Video 2017] – feat. Manudigital & Alex Flash Hit](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/86778hqdefault-335x256.jpg)
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![Album Review: The Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – TajMo [Concord Records, 4th May 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tajmocover-335x256.jpg)
Blues as a genre is no stranger to collaborations, and albums of choral paternity have been coming out for years. Few records, however, can display the joint efforts of such great musicians as Taj Mahal and Keb Mo’. Taj Mahal, born in 1942 in Harlem, has been playing his blend...
![Album Review: Yasmine Hamdan – Al Jamilat [Crammed Discs, 17th March 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cram276_cover_3000px-335x256.jpg)
Listening to music in a language unknown is always a new experience. Not understanding the words we hear, could sometimes feel like we’re missing out on an essential part of the artist’s work, yet in some cases, this language barrier makes room for free, unexpected interpretation; allowing the listener to...
![Album Review: Pop Makossa – The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976–1984 [Analog Africa, 16th June 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/a0325555163_16-335x256.jpg)
Analog Africa’s first release of 2017 is a masterclass in the exploration of long forgotten African grooves – this time Cameroon gets a vinyl archaeological excavation – and what a stellar selection of recordings they’ve unearthed! Extensively researched sleeve notes and images are the trademarks of Analog Africa, providing meticulously...
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If you’re already “the biggest indoor jazz festival in the world”, you won’t need many additional words to appeal. However, we can’t help but highlight that North Sea Jazz Festival also offers one of the most diverse and captivating line-ups of the summer. In fact, jazz is only one of...
There’s no better way to introduce you to the Rhythm Passport music world than to start in our very own “backyard”. For this reason, we gather together and are keen to let you discover some of the most interesting projects and sounds right here on our doorstep, from Belfast to...
We’ve partnered with Mundo FM Collective // Grovalization Radio to bring you a monthly collection of the best world music-related videos. That’s our way to give value to too often overlooked, rich and diverse artistic expressions. Listen with your eyes! Watch the full playlist:
A voice with a conscience, songs with a message. Soweto Kinch is part of a new breed of young musicians rising in the current socio-political climate. A saxophonist and spoken-word artist who not only has beauty to share, but adds depth in his observations and their connection to the world...
As you might have understood, we’re getting into the Japanese mood. In little more than two weeks, we’ll host at Rich Mix in Shoreditch an intriguing cultural experience inspired by the Land of the Rising Sun and celebrating Tanabata Festival (you can still buy your tickets HERE), but in the meantime…...
Even for a music scene as varied and unpredictable as London’s, Vula Viel are an exception. It might already be surprising to meet, listen to and enjoy a band comprised of London born and bred musicians playing traditional Ghanaian music. If you add the fact that they play that music...
Like the smell of a freshly printed book with the anticipated suspense of a can’t-put-it-down storyline, the debug gig for The Trilateral Agreement brought feelings of anticipation and excitement to a bustling crowd at Portobello Road based Mau Mau Bar. The group partnered with London promoters and record label Jazz...
There are some intense and unique cultural expressions that are too complex to describe if you haven’t experienced them first-hand. The ritual of Sidi Marzûq performed by the Banga community and occurring every year in the Djerid Desert in southern Tunisia is one of them. Luckily, we had the pleasure to...
Originally formed in 1966 in the coastal town of Cotonou, Orchestre Poly Rythmo became one of Benin’s finest exports and, consequently, a flagbearer for African music. With their exuberant brand of afro-funk and party fuelled soukous, their sound and their on-stage energy defy their advancing years. Thanks in no small...