In our new podcast series, we’ve chosen to focus on who provide us with the precious “raw material” for our listenings and features: quality new music! We are talking about those heroes who decided to launch, nurture and cultivate a record label (better if with an ‘independent’ in front of it). As the...
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Princess Nokia is a perfect representation of contemporary hip-hop, and a wonderful fixture of feminist rap. Representing perhaps an anti0-movement because Princess Nokia brought back – or perhaps invented – emo rap, she’s a Puerto Rican American and she sings about not conforming to gender ideas. She takes her intersectional...
3MA are somewhat a pan-African power group formed of Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi and Rajery in which they interweave three different musical traditions, each ancient, from various parts of Africa. Ballaké Sissoko represents Mali by playing the traditional West African harp – the kora – of which the playing...
In our new podcast series, we’ve chosen to focus on who provide us with the precious “raw material” for our listenings and features: quality new music! We are talking about those heroes who decided to launch, nurture and cultivate a record label (better if with an ‘independent’ in front of it). As the...
The stunning church setting of Union Chapel will make a perfect home for the emotive, nostalgic and powerful performance from the old trio that is Le Trio Joubran. We’ve a trio of ouds, as well as a trio of brothers in this band of Palestinians. In this intimate special concert,...
In our new podcast series, we’ve chosen to focus on who provide us with the precious “raw material” for our listenings and features: quality new music! We are talking about those heroes who decided to launch, nurture and cultivate a record label (better if with an ‘independent’ in front of it). As the...
We start the Rhythm Passport On Air year with a bang! For the first episode of 2020, we hosted and interviewed a gifted musician, tireless activist and extraordinary woman, Fatoumata Diawara. In light of her upcoming London show at the Roundhouse (on the 30th of January, part of In the Round...
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...
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...
Described as a live music culture clash, last years Remixed Festival provided exactly that: a one-stop for the party music that merges and mashes cultures and styles. This year, the inside festival vibes from London Remixed Festival are pushing strong, welcoming back collaborations with legendary local promoters: Continental Drift, Global...