![Album Review: Sun Ra – Of Abstract Dreams [Strut Records; March 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sun-ra-of-abstract-dreams-335x335.jpg)
Sun Ra‘s Of Abstract Dreams is a previously unreleased album from jazz pianist and bandleader’s archives. This four-piece recording (released in March by Strut Records) was performed for WXPN-FM radio station between approximately 1974 and 1975. The compositions in the album are always surprising and contrasting, led by Sun Ra...
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Articles![Album Review: Kamaal Williams – The Return [Black Focus Records; May 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/kamaal-the-return-335x335.jpg)
London has always held a place of honour in the music world, being a propeller of new musical waves and a playground for musical innovators. In recent years, London has seen a bunch of young talents bringing jazz music back to the centre of the scene. Artists like Shabaka Hutchings,...
![Album Review: Ammar 808 – Maghreb United [Glitterbeat Records; June 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ammar808-335x335.jpg)
Known for its astonishing desertic landscapes and its rich cultural history, the Maghreb is a vast region in North Africa that was once ruled by Berber dynasties under one reign. Nowadays, this land is divided between Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania and Western Sahara, but nevertheless, their differences are strongly...
![Album Review: Tenderlonious – The Shakedown [22a; 15th June 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tenderlonious-335x335.jpg)
The debut album by Tenderlonious and The 22archestra has been in the bag for some time. The London-based flautist and producer was invited to record at Abbey Road Studios in March 2017, and this material is the result of a single eight-hour session at the hallowed complex. Joining him on...
![Album Review: Sonido Gallo Negro – Mambo Cosmico [Glitterbeat Records; 6th April 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sonido-gallo-negro-mambo-cosmico-335x335.jpg)
Mexico City’s Sonido Gallo Negro returns with their third album and keeps the exploration of Amazonian psychedelic music coming. Alongside the exhilarating cumbia sounds, they experiment with different sounds and textures such as mambo, cha-cha, porro and danzón; all of which add to the growing sound and reputation the instrumental...
![Album Review: Nickodemus – A Long Engagement [Wonderwheel Recordings; 4th May 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nickodemus-a-long-engagement-335x335.jpg)
Can you think of a more cosmopolitan, complicated, international, culturally mixed place than New York City? A once-Dutch colony that through the centuries has welcomed migrants from all over the world to become one of the most culturally varied, exciting, fervent cities in the world. From Little Italy to Chinatown,...
![Album Review: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Black Times [Strut Records; 2nd March 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/seun-kuti-black-times-335x335.jpg)
Black Times opens with warm congas, followed by afro-typical cyclical riffs on the guitar, layered with repetitive female chorus, the introduction of bass and full drum kit, then a short break before bursting full power back into the groove – this time with an added horn section of trumpet, tenor...
![Album Review: Anelis Assumpção – Taurina [Scubidu Music; February 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/taurina-335x335.jpg)
Taurina, the third album from Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) singer-songwriter Anelis Assumpção is calm tropicália, fuelled with Brazilian flavours; the country’s musical aesthetic is combined with progressive rock influences throughout the album. The smooth and funky grooves by the Sao Paulo based singer-songwriter are best suited to a warm Sunday...
![Album Review: Antibalas – Where The Gods Are In Peace [Daptone Records; September 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/antibalas-335x335.jpg)
Among tall skyscrapers, basketball courts, and yellow cabs rushing through the streets of the Big Apple, there is a twelve-piece band that holds high the banner of afrobeat well outside the borders of West Africa. They are Antibalas (Spanish for bulletproof); the horn-driven, afrobeat supergroup from Brooklyn, NY, founded by...
Guy One belongs to the Frafra ethnicity in Bolgatania, North of Ghana. The characteristic sound of Guy One’s style is the 2-stringed kologo. The Frafras are renowned for their agrarian hard-working ethic and Guy One is no exception, aside from leaving his village to record the album and gig occasionally,...