When you think you have entirely unravelled and got the full picture of Hejira and their music, here they are to throw you off guard with their brand-new work. Thread of Gold, their recently released second album on Lima Limo Records, is indeed incisive and gentle, at the same time...
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We know how you feel in this period, scrolling through your social feeds and envying friends, colleagues or acquaintances having the time of their lives at some random carnival parade who knows where. But don’t despair, because at times, you don’t need to be in Rio, New Orleans or Venice...
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It might sound weird, but Italy has a dub soul too! On the last day of February, it will be put on display at Scala by a fully-Italian line-up of remarkable artists who have brought their mix of South European and Mediterranean sounds with electronica and up-tempo beats all over...
Our Balkan music tour carries forward with a quintessential London-based gipsy band. On 24th February, the Gipsydelica caravan will stop over in Brixton for a rolling, rumbling and rutilant show that will have you dancing to exhaustion. But that’s inevitable when you play such upbeat, rich and unrestrainable music. Gipsydelica’s...
![Album Review: Fofoulah – Daega Rek [Glitterbeat Records; November 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fofoulahcover-335x335.jpg)
No matter what your final verdict on Daega Rek is, (Fofoulah’s new album released by Glitterbeat Records), what you can’t deny is its originality and unorthodoxy. The second work from the London-based band is more than able to bewilder, confuse and stupefy its listeners thanks to its unrestrained approach, but...
![Album Review: Out of Nations – Quest [Riverboat Records; August 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/outofnationsquestcover-335x335.jpg)
To understand and fully appreciate Out of Nations’ sound, you first need to have a look at their passports and read about their backgrounds. A 7-piece ensemble based in Berlin, with members coming from the US, Egypt, Greece, Belgium and Austria with experiences in Lebanon and Norway, and collaborating with...
Since 2016, when we first met them at WOMAD UK, we have constantly felt under the rocky spell of Kel Assouf. The roughness of their sound, which goes side-by-side with their heartfelt and profound lyrics, has brought new life into the so-called Tuareg rock style. Despite being based in Brussels...
Don’t call him a drummer. Despite being one of the best on the music scene and still “setting the tempo” for generations of musicians who look at funk, jazz, beat (with the ‘afro’ prefix in front of them), Tony Allen doesn’t fully agree when you define him as a drummer....
It happened a few days ago now, but when great men (and musicians) pass away, you always need some time to digest the news. That happened to us, as we were and still are Oliver Mtukudzi’s mere fans and supporters. However, for the people of Zimbabwe, Tuku’s death has been...
