This is a show you wouldn’t want to miss! After five albums and eight years on the worldbeat scene, Bixiga 70 are still one of the most original bands around, and Quebra Cabeça, their latest fresh-off-the-press album released on Glitterbeat, is clear proof.
The band from São Paulo hasn’t changed its magical formula, still bringing together Brazilian and West African sounds, alternating afrobeat, candomblé and Latin-jazz. At the same time, they are also more electrifying than ever, with musical team play even more fine-tuned than normal.
You will enjoy all this and even more when they visit The Jazz Café on the 23rd October for their only UK show for 2018, supported by the most Afro-Brazilian band in London: Let Drum Beat. The all-female quartet will introduce the night with their percussive energy and heart-warming attitude.
Oh yes…we know that the hype is all about the arrival of the Elizabeth Line in Woolwich and beyond, but here at Rhythm Passport, we have one or two Woolwich-related reasons to be excited too! On Friday the 2nd of September, you are all invited to the official launch of Arsenal…
Artists: Let Drum Beat , Malphino
Last Sunday the Upsetter Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, the greatest producer of reggae history, passed away aged 85. He left us a wealth of reggae and dub music from Bob Marley and The Congos to contemporary collaborations with bands from around the globe. We listen to some of his work with…
Artists: Alma Afrobeat Ensemble , Almamegretta , Andre Sampaio , Bixiga 70 , Buguinha Dub , Dub de Gaita , Frente Cumbiero , Jallanzo , Lee Scratch Perry , Mad Professor , Madu , Naná Vasconcelos , Paolo Baldini DubFiles , Terrakota , The Anthronauts , Victor Rice
A full hour of dub on Radio Mukambo, starting with our album of the week Mandinga Dub by André Sampaio meets Victor Rice. Brazilian music inspired by West-Africa getting the dub treatment. The rest of the podcast is full of dub crossovers with ethiojazz, afrobeat, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, Indian sounds & Balkan…
Artists: Andre Sampaio , Azmari , Bixiga 70 , Buguinha Dub , Dub Colossus , Femi Kuti , Fokus King , Gala Zerua , Lee Fly Music , Lil Obeah , Luiz Claudio , Nga Han and The Hi-Flyers , The Anthronauts , Victor Rice , Zé Bigode Orquestra
Hard to believe that such a dire and dramatic year could inspire such an abundance of remarkable albums. Or maybe, on the contrary, the multitude of emotions sparked by the pandemic and our new life’s circumstances might have been the main reasons why musicians were able to write, record and…
Artists: AKKAN , Al Breadwinner , Bab L’Bluz , Chouk Bwa , Clap! Clap! , Derek Gripper , DUMA , Hugh Masekela , Khruangbin , Let Drum Beat , Nat Birchall , ONIPA , Santrofi , Son Rompe Pera , Songhoy Blues , Spoek Mathambo , The Ångströmers , The Sorcerers , Thundercat , Tony Alln
Have fun with us at A Mid-Summer Evening’s Live Stream. On the Rhythm Passport and Movimientos pages, we will be ringing up the curtain on talented female singer-songwriters and zigzagging across the Brazilian-Venezuelan musical border with traditional, contemporary and far-ranging tunes. Throughout the event, we will have the pleasure to…
Artists: Colectivo Futuro , Dj Amarall , Let Drum Beat , Luzmira Zerpa , Miguel Colmenares
CALLING ALL FIERCE WOMXN and lovers of! Led and curated by our very own DJ Sophie Darling, Rhythm Passport will be hosting a full day streaming festival inspired by Sophie’s podcast series: Femina Del Fuego – Fundraiser Festival. All money raised from this fiesta will be donated to Sisters of Change, a charity…
Artists: Bab L'Buz , Feeo , Jelly Cleaver , Let Drum Beat , Los Bitchos , Margot , Rae , Rebecca Vasmant , Yassassin , Yi Jia
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
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: Let Drum Beat , Safe and Sounds
It doesn’t happen everyday that online music platforms champion the cause of musicians, but Bandcamp has showed us, more than once, to be different from the vast majority of music platforms. Today (until 11.59PM Pacific Time), to support all the artists affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland-based company will…
Artists: Cheb Runner , DJ Doraemon , Hailu Mergia , Hamish Napier , Irreversible Entanglements , Jeich Ould Badou , Let Drum Beat , Lina Raul Referee , Raül Refree , Simo Lagnawi , Simo Lagnawi & Gnawa London , Son Rompe Pera , Spoek Mathambo , The Sorcerers , Tino Contreras![Album Review: Let Drum Beat – Lua Cheia [February 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/let-drum-beat-lua-cheia-620x546.jpg)
Let Drum Beat’s debut album – Lua Cheia – was recorded in the Navegas Cantareira Studio housed within a tropical forest in Brazil. The London based all female group consisting of Alba Cabral, Béa Shantifa, Lizzie Ogle and Tuca Milan have created an album that is charming and simmering with…
Artists: Let Drum Beat
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…
Artists: 3ma , Afrikan Boy , Ballake Sissoko , Driss El Maloumi , Gaia Mobilij , Hot 8 Brass Band , Irreversible Entanglements , Kallemi , Kampire , Let Drum Beat , Melt Yourself Down , Oum , Princess Nokia , Princess Prada , Rajery , Riobamba , Saronde , Shabaka Hutchings , Simo Lagnawi , Simo Lagnawi & Gnawa London , Sudan Archives , Tarabband , Wara
We can’t celebrate and encourage a project like Let Drum Beat enough, not simply because they are a full-female band in a man’s world (the music one), but also because, with their Afro-Brazilian-inspired sound and rhythms and positive attitude, they release such warm and heartening vibes that will inevitably end…
Artists: Let Drum Beat![Album Review: Bixiga 70 – Quebra Cabeça [Glitterbeat Records; October 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bixiga-quebra-620x620.jpg)
In times when the Afro-Brazilian bond is vilified and almost censured, an album like Bixiga 70’s Quebra Cabeça is more necessary than ever. The fifth release of the big band (the third for Glitterbeat Records) from São Paulo indeed proudly reaffirms the Atlantic connection; that historical, cultural and social link…
Artists: Bixiga 70
We’re guilty of rarely venturing too far west in London, but when we do we always live our days up, attending outstanding events and enjoying every minute of it. The 2018 edition of Ealing Jazz Festival was no exception. Despite the blustery weather blowing sand all over Walpole Park and…
Artists: Let Drum Beat , Tony Allen , Vels Trio , Zara Mcfarlane
The most tropical weekend of the year is upon us! So, if you haven’t already, pack your tent, sunscreen and fun appetite, and head for Mount Pleasant Ecological Park. From Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July, Tropical Pressure festival will drop its cargo of Latin, Caribbean, West, East and Central African…
Artists: Afriquoi , Johnny Clarke , Lakuta , Let Drum Beat , Orchestre Les Mangelepa , Soothsayers , Sounspecies , Toto La Momposina , Zara Mcfarlane
They catch your attention and ears and won’t release them until they have played the last note of their set. That’s how Metá Metá has become one of the most intriguing projects coming from Brazil. They did the same last week, when they exposed their creativity and originality on the…
Artists: Let Drum Beat , Metá Metá
They said you’d never forget your first time, and even if Bixiga 70’s performance at Rich Mix was your second, third or fourth it would still be a night to remember! Last Friday the Brazilian big-band from São Paulo made its début on a British stage, but its name is hardly…
Artists: Bixiga 70
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