New Bandcamp Friday and new shopping tips… As we often do on the first Friday of each month, when Bandcamp lifts its fees redistributing all sales profits to artists and their labels, also today we give you some suggestions on how to spend your money on music effectively supporting musicians....
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Plenty of Afro-Colombian music on Radio Mukambo this week. Starting with the marimba and percussion driven Batea, debut album by Bejuco, a powerful band rooted in the Colombian Pacific with a fresh and contemporary feeling. We also listen to a new single by Abelardo Carbono x Meridian Brothers and a...
“Easy Star Records brought together the four musicians featured in the performance include Hector Lewis on the Cajón, Jerome “Spangy” Small on the U•BASS®, and both Nico Groskopf and Monty Savory on the tenor ukulele. This video marks the first occasion that these four prolific Jamaican session musicians have...
Some weeks ago, DJ, selector, producer and good friend of Rhythm Passport Black Lulu asked us to prepare a two-hour “Oriental music” selection for his show on Tel Aviv-based Eol Radio… and so we did. Listen in and accompany us on a journey through the Arab music world, from Algerian...
“El Hal” is the feeling that comes when playing music, forgetting where you are. The feeling of being grabbed by the music and lost in the groove. A title that says it all about the third album from the London/Moroccan collective Electric Jalaba around Moroccan-born singer and guimbri player Simo...
“From the forthcoming album ‘Havana Meets Kingston – Part 2‘ this stunning version of ‘Lagrimas Negras’ features legendary Cuban singer Beatriz Márquez together with some of Jamaica and Cuba’s most accomplished musicians. This exclusive video footage shows Cuba’s capital city in a very different light, captured during the various...
Today we were ON AIR on Worldwide FM! Our very own Sophie Darling joined Tash LC (a good ol’ friend of Rhythm Passport) for her monthly Rhythm Travels show to present a very Rhythm Passport set… Check it out… < Setlist: • Eparapo – Black Lives Matter (feat. Dele Sosimi) [Wah...
‘Reza Forte’ is the first single extracted from BaianaSystem’s new album Navio Pirata. The LP is the first chapter of a three-act project titled OXEAXEEXU exposing the Afro-Latin and Afro-Brazilian connection and reflecting on the experiences the musicians went through the last months, both concerning the pandemic and political situation...
Check out Jamaican born London-bred reggae and R&B singer Khalia‘s new single ‘No Better Day’. The track, produced by DANCE SOLDIAH Records & Digital cut, is part of her upcoming double-LP Kensei & Sensei Riddim out in June: https://smarturl.it/KhaliaNoBetterDay