The hype machine is running at full speed and the infamous term (I’m sorry…) ‘UK Jazz’ is the hot topic from the global music press right now. A number of London based musicians are grabbing the moment with both hands, scoping out the distance and growing their own club nights....
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Articles![Album Review: Gaye Su Akyol – İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir [Glitterbeat Records; 26th October]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gaye-cover-335x335.jpg)
Making her UK performance debut earlier this year at WOMAD UK, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer Gaye Su Akyol is definitely one to watch (if you haven’t already). Growing up on Anatolian pop and rock, she takes these genres along with her interest in psychedelic, surf, post-punk and electronic sounds to...
![Album Review: Waaju – Waaju [Olindo Records; May 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/waaju-cvoer-335x335.jpg)
Waaju’s self-titled first LP came out in May to a small crowd in Swan’s Wharf, during the Giant Steps summer residency. The evening was atmospheric, enticing and exceptionally hot. The old warehouse was filled with the diverse sounds of Waaju, an Afro-Latin quintet based in London. You will recognise the...
![Album Review: Amira Kheir – Mystic Dance [Sterns Music; 12th October 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/amira-kheir-335x335.jpg)
Amira Kheir is no stranger to making critically acclaimed albums, this latest instalment being her third full-length release for Sterns Music after View From Somewhere (2011), and Alsahraa (2014). Amira Kheir has a beautiful sound that smoothly blends the nostalgic tones of East Africa: North Sudan/Southern Egypt Nubian musical traditions,...
The EFG London Jazz Festival will once again deliver a range of music that crosses continents, genres and generations. Its listings will spread across the entire city and it’s remarkable that so much can be fitted into just one week. All this makes it impossible to review the whole festival...
On 3rd January 2018, one of the world’s finest and most inspirational horn players died. After a career of changing music, and not just in his homeland of South Africa, Hugh Masekela was sadly taken from the world of jazz. Having been a figure of defiance throughout apartheid, and a...
The EFG London Jazz Festival will once again see the return of the formidable Abdullah Ibrahim and his band Ekaya. Having performed twice before at the EFG London Jazz Festival this is not a one-off chance to see a legend, but it is still one of the highlights of the festival....
This year’s EFG London Jazz festival will bring together a wide range of international jazz artists, as well as top local talents. There aren’t many UK Jazz artists as important to the scene as Orphy Robinson; with a history of musical directing, performing and composing, asking one of the UK’s...
![Album Review: Plaza Francia Orchestra – Plaza Francia Orchestra [Because Music; September 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/plaza-francia-cover-335x335.jpg)
Plaza Francia presents Plaza Francia Orchestra on the Because Music label, September 2018. Born of the critically acclaimed success story that is Gotan Project, Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Muller volunteer themselves for this inventive new venture. Following a succession of previous masterful albums, La Revancha del Tango, Lunatico and...
It’s that party time of year again: tastemakers have their eyes on the city as London gets glammed up to show off its best talent for the EFG London Jazz Festival. Camilla George is one of the emerging musicians attracting the attention of the music world, who are taking an...