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Interview: Q&A w/ Dino D’Santiago – A Lisbon Story (January 2020)

If Dino D’Santiago has grown into the voice of Lisbon or better the “New Lisbon” as the title of his song says, it’s because the Portuguese capital has deeply changed in the last years. Today the “Nova Lisboa” is a city where cultures finally collide and collaborate, where the old...

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London Gig Guide (January 2020)

At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some...

6 Jan
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Your Ticket to… 2019 (in 10 Albums)

Our “end-of-the-year” lists are not a way to rule what has been good or bad in the previous 365 music days. In fact, since we are music lovers at heart, we love to share and support the albums we like, that hold particular meanings to us or have been more...

6 Jan
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Interview: Q&A w/ Dom Peter – Blanc Manioc (December 2019)

The last mix of the year (compiled for us by La Dame aka DJ Carie) was also a unique opportunity to introduce you to a thrilling new label, born between Lyon and Bamako little more than six months ago. We’re talking about Blanc Manioc, the new project by Dom Peter,...

6 Jan
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Album Review: Aziza Brahim – Sahari [Glitterbeat Records; November 2019]

Sahari is an exciting new step for Aziza Brahim featuring more electronic elements than her previous two Glitterbeat albums Soutak and Abbar El Hamada. The different soundscapes and instrument arrangements of each track give a coherent arc to the music and storytelling. Unlike her previous albums which were recorded as...

6 Jan
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Preview: Global Sunday – El Far3i @ Hootananny (London; Sunday 26th January 2020)

We wanted to start our 2020 at Hootananny with a bang, or better, with a first-rate musician. So, for our first Global Sunday of the year, we thought there was no better way to do that than by inviting a brilliant singer/songwriter who moves between Arabic folk and acoustic rap...

6 Jan
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Album Review: Grupo Bongar + Maga Bo – Macumbadaboa (Kafundó Records; October 2019)

Macumbadaboa, the collaborative release from the afoxe collective Grupo Bongar and music producer DJ Maga Bo is a rootsy and catchy take on African and Brazilian rhythms, steeped in Afro-Brazilian heritage and fused with electronic music. Grupo Bongar are from the Xambá community in the coastal city of Olinda, north-east...

6 Jan
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Album Review: Yelfris Valdés – For the Ones… [Música Macondo Records; October 2019]

In the world of music, there is one rags-to-riches story yet to be matched – the most universal rhythmic pattern, today associated with Latin American music, that went by the name of son clave in mid-19th century Cuba, al-thaqil al-awwal in 13th-century Persia, and Konkonkolo in 600 BCE in West-Africa....

6 Jan
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Preview: Kefaya & Elaha Soroor + The Scorpios @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday 12th February 2020)

We first met Kefaya back in 2015, and we grew fonder and fonder of the London-based band thanks to their full-bodied sound blending Mediterranean and South Asian spicy flavours with elegant and jazzy arrangements. Still, when they released, together with Elaha Soroor, Songs of Our Mothers in September last year,...

5 Jan
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Preview: Sounds of the World presents Simo Lagnawi & Gnawa London @ Tramshed (London; Saturday 15th February 2020)

Launched in September 2017, Sounds of the World music series has brought to Tramshed in Woolwich scents and notes from all over the world. So, we are thrilled to re-set the events in motion with a musician who has helped to bring and spread Gnawa, its imaginary and entrancing rhythms...

5 Jan
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Preview: The Sounds of 2020, Ife Ogunjobi / Golden Mean / Burnheart @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Saturday 11th January 2020)

Fancy a three-hour sneak peek into the new year’s (and possibly decade) vibes? Then head for the Jazz Cafe on Friday the 11th, where Jazz:re:freshed will present three exciting and forward-looking acts foreseeing how 2020 will sound. Ife Ogunjobi, Golden Mean and Burnheart are three so far, so close embodiments...

5 Jan
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Preview: Lokkhi Terra meets Dele Sosimi – Cubafrobeat @ Ronnie Scott’s (London; Sunday 12th January 2020)

There’s no way you can start 2020 in a jazzier way than attending this gig. Cubafrobeat is indeed one of the niftiest and most upbeat projects of the decade just ended, and it will go on scene, on the shining Ronnie Scott’s stage on the 12th of January. In June...

5 Jan
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Preview: Baloji @ Rich Mix (London; Tuesday 14th January 2020)

The 2020 edition of the London Short Film Festival will undoubtedly have its main star in Baloji. On the 18th of January, the Congolese musician and filmmaker will bring to London some of his short movies, but as Rhythm Passport, we are more interested in what is going to happen...

5 Jan
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Preview: Dino D’Santiago @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Friday 17th January 2020)

Lisbon’s coolness has many seeds, one of them undoubtedly germinated out of the fertile music soil of the city. Lisbon sounds West African, European and Mediterranean at the same time, and there are musicians who are more artful in embodying the brew than others. Dino D’Santiago is not simply good...

5 Jan
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Preview: Band of Burns @ Union Chapel (London; Thursday 23rd January 2020)

For those that cannae wait for Burns night and want to get their feet tapping to powerful and fast-paced folk, this is the warmup you have been looking for, in one of North London’s most beautiful venues. What better way to warm up for Burns Night than with the masters...

5 Jan
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Preview: In the Round – Jorge Drexler @ Roundhouse (London; Friday 24th January 2020)

Singer/songwriters like Jorge Drexler aren’t born every day. The Uruguayan artist is indeed a model for the category, being a classy and refined chiseller of words and notes. His shows are music wonder of wonders, in which the musician (next to actor and otolaryngologist) look back at his extensive and...

5 Jan
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Preview: Soothsayers + Laura Jurd & Dominic Murcott @ St Peter’s C of E Church, Walworth (London; Friday 24th January 2020)

It’s no secret we’re big fans of Soothsayers here at Rhythm Passport, with their infectiously groovy combination of afrobeat, funk, reggae and dub – the idea of hearing their lively performance in a grade one listed building, and in the excellent reverb chamber that is a church built in 1825...

5 Jan
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Preview: In the Round: Kokoroko @ Roundhouse (London; Tuesday 28th January 2020)

KOKOROKO had been one of the sensations of the year just ended. Throughout 2019, the London-based big band has simply amazed its audience with a jam-packed agenda of gigs and their self-titled debut EP featuring their characteristic smooth vibes, rhythmic richness and far-reaching inspiration fusing afrobeat with jazz and funk with soul. So,...

5 Jan
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Preview: Les Amazones d’Afrique @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday 29th January 2020)

Les Amazones d’Afrique was created by absolute powerhouses of African music: Omou Sangaré, Mariam Doumbia (of Amadou & Mariam), and Mamani Keïta (known for backing singing with Salif Keita, and many solo albums). The female trio combined their influence and dynamic skills to become patrons to the idea of speaking...

5 Jan
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Preview: In the Round – Fatoumata Diawara @ Roundhouse (London; Thursday 30th January 2020)

Brought to us by Malian superstar, Omou Sangare, Fatoumata Diawara has since surpassed her mentor to become the most important vocalist to come out of Africa since the likes of Stella Chiweshe and Brenda Fassie. I would never miss a chance to see this modern legend, with each show getting...

5 Jan
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Interview: Q&A w/ Dino D’Santiago – A Lisbon Story (January 2020)

London Gig Guide (January 2020)

Your Ticket to… 2019 (in 10 Albums)

Interview: Q&A w/ Dom Peter – Blanc Manioc (December 2019)

Album Review: Aziza Brahim – Sahari [Glitterbeat Records; November 2019]

Preview: Global Sunday – El Far3i @ Hootananny (London; Sunday 26th January 2020)

Album Review: Grupo Bongar + Maga Bo – Macumbadaboa (Kafundó Records; October 2019)

Album Review: Yelfris Valdés – For the Ones… [Música Macondo Records; October 2019]

Preview: Kefaya & Elaha Soroor + The Scorpios @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday 12th February 2020)

Preview: Sounds of the World presents Simo Lagnawi & Gnawa London @ Tramshed (London; Saturday 15th February 2020)

Preview: The Sounds of 2020, Ife Ogunjobi / Golden Mean / Burnheart @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Saturday 11th January 2020)

Preview: Lokkhi Terra meets Dele Sosimi – Cubafrobeat @ Ronnie Scott’s (London; Sunday 12th January 2020)

Preview: Baloji @ Rich Mix (London; Tuesday 14th January 2020)

Preview: Dino D’Santiago @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Friday 17th January 2020)

Preview: Band of Burns @ Union Chapel (London; Thursday 23rd January 2020)

Preview: In the Round – Jorge Drexler @ Roundhouse (London; Friday 24th January 2020)

Preview: Soothsayers + Laura Jurd & Dominic Murcott @ St Peter’s C of E Church, Walworth (London; Friday 24th January 2020)

Preview: In the Round: Kokoroko @ Roundhouse (London; Tuesday 28th January 2020)

Preview: Les Amazones d’Afrique @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday 29th January 2020)

Preview: In the Round – Fatoumata Diawara @ Roundhouse (London; Thursday 30th January 2020)

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