What’s better than a summer afternoon in the park? A summer summer summer afternoon in the park enjoying inspiring and uplifting music! On Saturday the 2nd of July we will be join forces with Tramshed for an afternoon of South Asian music and dance at the bandstand in Greenwich Park. Take a trip...
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Considering the richness and diversity of the Jo’burg music scene, it’s not really the most effortless achievement to become one of its most influential acts. Still, Soweto-based quartet BLK JKS, has not only grown into one of the most revered bands burgeoning from the Jozi musical landscape, but from the...
The first time we listened to Santrofi and the singles preceding their debut album Alewa, it was quite a revelation. A band of young and even younger Ghanaian musicians sounding bright, original and at the same time, fully dedicated and reverent to their country’s recent past tradition. The Accra-based collective...
Mud, music and melodies. Festival season is almost upon us again. Here at Rhythm Passport HQ we’ve been digging through the line-ups, and the Love Supreme program has some gems. Held close to Brighton at the beginning of July, expect treats for world music and jazz lovers. With big names...
Malian musical royalty Oumou Sangaré returns to London to play Grace Jones’ Meltdown Festival at Southbank Centre, in a show postponed by the pandemic. In the interim Oumou has recorded and released a new album Timbuktu (check out our review), arguably better than the album that would have made up...
Only two more nights to go, then it’s Salpicon time! On Saturday 21st of May, one of the funkiest event series on stage in London will be back at the Post Bar in Tottenham for a deep, deep dive into exhilarating Latin and Tropical vibes. From 9PM, the monthly party...
Afro-Latin music in every form and shape on the 4th of June in Woolwich. Woolwich Works will indeed be the stage for an evening to the event exploring Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and their cultural bond. Reasserting the Atlantic connection and showcasing exhilarating styles like rumba, salsa and mambo, Grupo Lokito will guide you through a sonic journey...
The pandemics might have “robbed” Londoners, among too many other things, of FLAWA‘s (The Festival of Latin American Women in the Arts) 2020 and 2021 editions, so for 2022 the festival organisers are making up for the lost time going the whole hog and doing things in style…in a very...
The Grand Union Orchestra is a celebration of the possibilities of creativity and collaboration in today’s multi-racial society. The vibrant musical group, formed 40 years ago at a time of radical artistic activism, is made up of extraordinary players born or brought up in different music traditions. Many of the original...
Nights don’t come more soulful than this! On Saturday, 7th May, head for Woolwich Works and take a dive into Awale’s funky sound, shaped on afrobeat, highlife, sabar rhythms, Afro-soul, jazz and even Latin influences. The London-based 9-piece band, captained by Senegalese (of Wolof origins) singer/songwriter Biram Seck and French...
