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 good music in the British capital.
Get your agenda ready, click on the artworks & check out our live music picks!
CHINESE MAN + KILLAH PRIEST @ O2 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE (TUESDAY 04/06)
AFRIKAN BOY @ PIZZA EXPRESS LIVE HOLBORN (WEDNESDAY 05/06)
JAMBINAI + KOYO @ THE GARAGE (THURSDAY 06/06)
REGINALD OMAS MAMODE LV – ‘WHERE WE GOING’ ALBUM LAUNCH @ NT’S (THURSDAY 06/06)
GUTS @ THE JAZZ CAFÉ (FRIDAY 07/06)
BCUC @ XOYO (FRIDAY 07/06)
OPEN THE GATE FESTIVAL @ RICH MIX (SATURDAY 08/06)
SOUL WOMEN UNITE @ CADOGAN HALL (SATURDAY 08/06)
CROSS THE TRACKS @ BROCKWELL PARK (SUNDAY 09/06)
ISAAC BIRITURO & THE RAIL ABANDON @ GIANT STEPS (SUNDAY 16/06)
FÉMINA @ RICH MIX (THURSDAY 20/06);
THE ROLLING SHAKERS + LOU PINO & MIRKO SUEDEHEAD @ THE POST (FRIDAY 21/06)
NICOLA CRUZ @ EARTH (SATURDAY 22/06)
KHALAB (LIVE), TENESHA THE WORDSMITH & ON THE CORNER SOUNDS @ FOLKLORE (FRIDAY 28/06)
KAHAREB #2 كهارب – BEST OF ARABIC ELECTRONIC & UNDERGROUND MUSIC @ RICH MIX (FRIDAY 28/06)
TOOTARD, TARANTOLA, SKABBA, DJ MR PACHO @ HOOTANANNY (SATURDAY 29/06)
Judi Jackson is able to tease out more erotic energy from a crowd than eighteen months of lockdown boredom. Or maybe it’s the combination of both. This was a night packed with couples flirting, whispering and grinding. I was enchanted too, and just one worrying step away from trying to…
Artists: Judi Jackson
This week we travel to the Sahara desert in Niger to dance to some Touareg blues by Les Filles de Illighadad and Dag Tenere, both serving their own blend of Tamasheq sounds. Iswat by Dag Tenere (“the desert’s children”) is our album of the week. Radio Mukambo also takes you to…
Artists: Arky Starch , Banda Comunale , Barbara Silva , Dag Tenere , El Remolón , Fixi , Les Filles de Illighadad , Luka Afrobeat Orquesta , Nicolas Giraud , Nuri , Tabó Afrobeat
Ten years of making radio and 500 podcasts, that’s what Mukambo is celebrating this week. So we have a special program talking you through the very vest albums of those ten years. Get ready for a trans-Atlantic trip going from Africa over Latin America to Europe, and a pan-African ride…
Artists: Batida , Dele Sosimi , Dizzy Mandjeku , Doña Onete , Ebo Taylor , Gaspar Z'África , Guts , Gyedu-Blay Ambolley , Jungle Fire , Konono N1 , London Afrobeat Collective , Michi Sarmiento , Mulatu Astatke , Newen Afrobeat , Oghene Kologbo , Raúl Monsalve , Raul Monsalve Y Los Forajidos , Rocky Marsiano , Seun Kuti , Son Palenque , The Bongo Hop
Now more than ever, three weeks after a ceasefire ended 11 days of air raids and shelling and the international press and media coverage has returned to its low hum, it’s crucial to keep the attention from wavering, and spotlight the daily sufferings and tensions borne by the people living…
Artists: CHEB , Dope Saint Jude , Guedra Guedra , Jaffar Hassan , Liliane Chlela , Love and Revenge , Mustafa Said , N3rdistan , Natik Awayez , Nuri , Sabreen , Sama’ Abdulhadi , Zeinab Shaath
Nightshop show for April ’21 for Radio Campus Bxl & Rhythm Passport with 3 hours of new global sounds. 3 songs of the day; semba by Joãozinho Morgado (Turma da Bênção), Persian hip-hop jazz by Roforofo Jazz and Colombian tropical artists Abelardo Carbono & Meridian Brothers. Our albums of the…
Artists: Abelardo Carbono , Ahmed Ben Ali , Ayuune Sule , Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble , DJ Black Low , Joãozinho Morgado , Meridian Brothers , Omar Sosa , Roforofo Jazz , Simo Lagnawi , Stella Chiweshe
‘Mi Moin Mi Ou’, by Martinican singer and actress Joby Valente, is part of French DJ, producer and beatmaker GUTS‘ new compilation Straight From The Decks Vol. 2 out on Heavenly Sweetness: https://guts-puravida.bandcamp.com/album/straight-from-the-decks-2 “One day, I had the project to release a twelve-inch with different versions of Disk La Rayé, a…
Artists: Guts , Jobby Valente
Enjoy a sneak peek into the Audiotree session recorded live by Korean post-rock & experimental band Jambinai. The set features three songs extracted from their second (a Hermitage) and third albums (ONDA) both released on Bella Union Tracklist: For Everything That You Lost (그대가 잃어버린 그 모든 것들을…
Artists: Jambinai
This might be one of the rare – actually extremely rare – occasions when you can forget to damn the lockdowns and Covid-19 regulations and instead bless the fact that you’re going to spend another weekend at home, possibly staring at a screen and having to turn your living room/bedroom…
Artists: Amrit Kaur , Bcuc , Bobby Friction Fake News Orchestra , Brass Rave Unit , Buffo's Wake , Chris Tofu , Dana Immanuel , Dengue Dengue Dengue , El Leopardo , Electric Jalaba , Eternal Taal , Frente Cumbiero , Full Tilt Collective , Ghetto Funk Allstars , Horsepowar , K.o.g. , Khanvict , La Perla , Ngaio , Panther Panther , Prabh Deep , Shia Rak , Telukah
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Artists: Alostmen , Danakil , Echoes of Zoo , Kuwaisiana , Liraz , Nahawa Doumbia , Nuri , Romano , Sibu , Soothsayers , The Invisible Session
Every month, we bring you a 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:
Artists: black String , Cookin On 3 Burners , AYOM , Burna Boy , Cacao Mental , Calexico , CIMAFUNK , Criolo , ELWD , Emicida , Ill Considered , La Chica , Liraz , Mohammed Yahya , Nobuko Miyamoto , Nuri , Samm Henshaw
2020 has been a really tough year for musicians, artists and creatives, but we’ve still been treated to a lot of good music. This week Radio Mukambo offers you the latter part of the 30 best albums of 2020 (30 to 16), including afrobeat, Afro-Latin, ethiojazz, maloya, wassoulou music, global…
Artists: Anthony B , Baja Frequencia , Bamba Wassoulou Groove , Black Flower , Dubblestandart , Ethioda , Frankosun and the Family , Joey Le Soldat , Kosmo Sound , L\'entourloop , Lindigo , Lokkhi Terra , Mamani Keita , Max le Daron , MYSTICALLY , Nihiloxica , Nkumba System , Nuri , Paolo Baldini DubFiles , Sacerdote , Scratch Bandits Crew , Skarra Mucci , The Gaslamp Killer
Enjoy three hours of fresh global sounds! Starting with 4 songs of the day by James Stewart & Ayuune Sule (France/Ghana), Meliza (Guadeloupe), Arp Frique (Netherlands/Cabo Verde) and Burkina Azza (Burkina Faso/France). Our albums of the month start with free jazz by Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes (International Anthem), followed…
Artists: Aquiles Navarro , Arp Frique , Ayuune Sule , Bantu , Burkina Azza , Coreysan , James Stewart , JISR , Kukaya , Los Bulldozer , Meliza , Nuri , Satanique Samba Trio , Tcheser Holmes
Every month, we bring you a 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:
Artists: Altin Gun , Black Alien , Bomba Estereo , Branko , Coops , Elkin Robinson , Ghost Funk Orchestra , LADANIVA , Menzi , Nubiyan Twist , Nuri , Philippe Cohen Solal , U-Zhaan
This Corona stuff really sucks ey! Since we might all be bound by borders for a while, we’d like to come together and share some happiness in the shape of a playlist or mix! In the next days and weeks, check out Safe & Sounds, where we will figuratively introduce you…
Artists: Hasan Nakhleh , Safe and Sounds , TootArd
If on Sunday, you missed out our full-immersion in North African and Middle Eastern sounds, worry not! Head to our YouTube channel where you can fully re-catch the seven- hour-long online stream event organised together with our friends at University of Tropical Sound and featuring sets by Hazem Berrabah, Samedia Shebeen,…
Artists: Black Lulu , Carthnage , Cheb Gero , Hazem Berrabah , Nuri , Samedia Shebeen , Seb Cat
This week we travel to Ghent (Belgium) to listen to Kosmo Sound‘s debut album “Antenna”. This six-piece dub formation brings a combination of solid bass and drums with fresh storytelling melodies on saxophone. Out on on Zephyrus Records. Radio Mukambo also announces new albums by Elida Almeida (Cape Verde), Las…
Artists: El Gran Capitán , Elida Almeida , K. Frimpong , Kodjovi Kush & Afrospot All-Stars , Kosmo Sound , Las Lloronas , MYSTICALLY , Nuri , Radar Station , The Mabon Dawud Republic , Vis-A-Vis
Radio Mukambo takes you to Copenhagen (Denmark) to discover Nuri, an up-and-coming musician who creates his own blend of afrofuturism by combining archival field recordings from diverse African traditions with electronic beats, polyrhythmic grooves and North African trance music. His second album “Irun” is our cd of the week. We…
Artists: Abelardo Carbono , Afrospot , Bagunço , Contento , K. Frimpong , King Bucknor Jr. , Nuri , The Mabon Dawud Republic
Radio Mukambo takes you to Budapest to discover the pioneering Hungarian afrobeat group The Mabon Dawud Republic. The young band already toured in Ghana where they recorded with highlife legend Pat Thomas and vocalist and kologo player Stevo Atambire. Their debut LP is our cd of the week, on out…
Artists: Ancient Astronauts , Bial Hclap , Dedy Dread , El Gran Capitán , Keila Abeid , Kodjovi Kush And Afrospot All Stars , KRAUT , La Chiva Gantiva , Nuri , Raul Monsalve Y Los Forajidos , Sonido Gallo Negro , The Mabon Dawud Republic
CALLING ALL FIERCE WOMXN and lovers of! Led and curated by one of our own DJ Sophie Darling, Rhythm Passport will be hosting a full day streaming festival on Saturday 13th June inspired by Sophie’s podcast series: Femina Del Fuego – Fundraiser Festival. Femina is Latin for Feminine and we’ve…
Artists: Amira Kheir , Coco Maria , Collectiva , DJ Flavya , Dj Ritu , Edna Martinez , Feed , Jelly Cleaver , Jess Bernardo , Let Drum Beat , Los Bitchos , Mafalda , Margot , Plumm , Rebecca Vasmant , Shunaji , Tenesha The Wordsmith , Yassassin , Yi Jia![Album Review: TootArd – Migrant Birds [Glitterbeat Records; May 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tootard-migrant-birds-620x620.jpg)
Tootard is one of my favourite bands, their combination of Middle Eastern tonalities: the maqqam scales, with Caribbean reggae and western funk and disco – is not only original, but innovative. Migrant Birds is their third studio album, out on the hit churners Glitterbeat Records. The brother duo Hasan and…
Artists: TootArd
One missing due to my major oversight .. Please note the vital #mozimafundraiser on FRIDAY JUNE 7th at CLF Arts CAFE , BUSSEY BUILDING , PECKHAM … Here is the facebook link – been trying to post it on site myself with no joy. It’s in support of those so badly affected by the cyclones in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malai with well researched beneficiary organisations. DO SUPPORT – advance ticket link bit.ly/30sJ1ei Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2125530844404573/