![Album Review: Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo [Cumbancha, 1st April 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/image001-335x271.jpg)
“Lakou Mizik takes in what other people throw away, and makes it sound beautiful for everyone.” This is how Woulele, the youngest member of Lakou Mizik, defines the band: a multigenerational collective of Haitian musicians put together with the support of American producer Zach Niles in the aftermath of the 2010...
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Articles![Album Review: Various Artists – Every Song Has Its End: Sonic Dispatches From Traditional Mali – CD+DVD [Glitterbeat Records, 1st April 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/0006853723_10-1-335x335.jpg)
Mali’s profile on the global music scene has been rising for years, producing any number of internationally renowned artists. Featured on this album is singer and guitarist Afel Bocoum, a notable example of one such musician, but the overall focus of Every Song Has Its End is not on global...
![Album Review: DJ Katapila – Trotro [Awesome Tapes from Africa, 19th February 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/atfa019-dj-katapila-art-335x335.jpg)
DJ Katapila is a popular Ghanaian DJ and producer. In the context of Ghana’s pop music landscape, Katapila’s music is singular. His unique works would otherwise be unrecognised and under-celebrated, both in the west and his native Ghana, if it wasn’t for the diligent work of Brian Shimkovitz of Awesome...
![Album Review: Various Artists – The Long Road EP [British Red Cross, 4th March 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/thelongroadep-335x335.png)
Few months ago we met and spent a really great time with Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars. They have just got on board an intriguing project coordinated and promoted by the British Red Cross which has been released today. The Long Road EP is a significant work that gathers six well-known...
![Album Review: Moh! Kouyaté – Loundo (Un Jour) [Foli Son; 2nd February 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/maxresdefault-335x335.jpg)
Loundo (Un Jour) is the coming-of-age, debut album from Guinean-born Moh! Kouyaté. A protégé of the Mandingo tradition, Kouyaté is establishing himself as ‘one to watch’ on the international world music scene. After a cursory glance at both his image and musical style, the spectre of Kasiah Jones looms large, which...
![Album Review: Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada (Across el Hamada) [Glitterbeat]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/aziza-brahim-abbar-el-hamada_72dpi-335x335.jpg)
The new album by Barcelona-based singer Aziza Brahim from Western Sahara is a masterpiece in the expression of displacement felt by the thousands of refugees from her homeland, of which she is one. Produced with sparkling clarity by Chris Eckman (who also worked with Bassekou Kouyate and Tamikrest) Abbar el...
![Album Review: Sidestepper – Supernatural Love [Real World Records/ 5th February 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/643-1-335x335.jpg)
Harking back to the traditions of the dance bands of 1970’s Colombia, Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba and Africa, Sidestepper’s Supernatural Love represents a fresh folkloric direction for the progenitors of electro-cumbia. Each Sidestepper album has proposed a new sound. That sense of innovation and evolution continues with this upcoming release Supernatural...