![Album Review: Fokn Bois – Afrobeats LOL [FOKN INC; February 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/foknbois-cover-335x335.jpg)
Pidgin rap provocateurs Fokn Bois are back with seven-track EP Afrobeats LOL, which satirises the globalised afrobeats genre, albeit using its riddims and dances. With features by Mr Eazi and Sister Deborah, plus elder of highlife Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Afrobeats LOL has all the catchy swag of the genre it parodies...
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Articles![Album Review: The Comet Is Coming – Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery [Impulse! Records; March 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cometzzz-335x335.jpg)
The Comet Is Coming is a trio of jazz/psychedelic enthusiasts, one of whom is the increasingly recognised Shabaka Hutchings, who already leads two other groups (Sons of Kemet, Shabaka and the Ancestors). This group claim “to reconnect with the energy of the Lifeforce in the hope of manifesting higher realities...
Qawwali is a rich and sacred musical tradition from South Asia, notably parts of Pakistan and India. It includes musicians sitting on the floor, often for hours and hours, whilst one sings devotional songs with rhythmic hand claps, accompanied by traditional instruments, such as the table drums. Undoubtedly, the most...
Kokoko! are a completely thrilling band, born like a phoenix from the flames in make-shift jams and studios, playing together for the first time at a multi-arts block party in the Ngwaka neighbourhood in Kinshasa, the capital city of the DMC. The result: a fiery fusion of electro sounds, African...
Experience the dreamy sounds of Ethiopian legend Hailu Mergia in one of Hackney’s most impressive venues. From the 1970s to the present day, Mergia has become a master of his instrument and will be supported by fellow Ethiopian group, Krar Collective, for a celebration of Ethio-jazz. After returning to popularity...
Brixton is very much a stand-out home of the musical Caribbean diaspora in London, the home of much reggae, dub and ska… and on the 29th, Brixton shall play host to perhaps the most prevalent contemporary African-American poets – The Last Poets. Hootananny, which hosts all things weird and wonderful,...
In 2016, Nerija, an all-female group of young London based jazz musicians released a self-titled EP. After three years of sporadic gigs, solo projects (more to be mentioned on these later) and some refining, Nerija are hosting a night celebrating a rerelease of their original EP by Domino Records. But...
To the eyes and ears of some, the most interesting acts tend to be the ones who have a sound that is not only at complete odds with their image or culture of origin but also still manages to be authentic. When two French DJs met at a festival in...
Afro-groovers of the world rejoice! After years of waiting spent dancing to their exhilarating singles, the afro-fusionists par excellence, K.O.G. & the Zongo Brigade, are finally ready to get your feet moving to the sound of their debut album. Wahala Wahala is indeed fresh out of the Heavenly Sweetness’ oven,...
Ladies and Gentlemen, girls and boys, music lovers of all ages… Come on, come all! The effervescent, exuberant and ebullient Tarantola’s musical circus is ready to rig its tent on the Lee riverside and unleash its histrionic show! On Friday 22nd March, it’s Thank Grow It’s Friday, a brand-new music...
