![Album Review: Let Drum Beat – Lua Cheia [February 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/let-drum-beat-lua-cheia-335x295.jpg)
Let Drum Beat’s debut album – Lua Cheia – was recorded in the Navegas Cantareira Studio housed within a tropical forest in Brazil. The London based all female group consisting of Alba Cabral, Béa Shantifa, Lizzie Ogle and Tuca Milan have created an album that is charming and simmering with...
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At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some...
We love when musicians defy barriers and boundaries, and since they started playing together back in 2012, Let Drum Beat have constantly challenged stereotypes. The most glaring ones? That four women can’t play percussion in a full-female band with such a rhythmic drive. Still, here they are. The London-based quartet,...
![Album Review: Nomade Orquestra – Vox Populi Vol 1 / Vox Machina Vol 1 [June 2019 / October 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/nomade-orquestra-machina-populi-cover-335x335.jpg)
A quartet that has since swollen into a decet from their beginnings in 2012, Brazilian band Nomade Orquestra musicians pride themselves on stretching far and beyond their jazz roots to create a sound that’s hard to pinpoint, but inclusive of various cultures across the world. Last year they released two...
View Klik & Frik bio here With a brand new mixtape introducing their fresh from the oven EP Refugio, published by Big in Japan in mid-November and just reissued on vinyl, we welcome to Rhythm Passport Argentinian visionary folktronica and organic house duo Klik & Frik. Under the moniker of Frikstailer, Rafa Caivano and...
Our “end-of-the-year” lists are not a way to rule what has been good or bad in the previous 365 music days. In fact, since we are music lovers at heart, we love to share and support the albums we like, that hold particular meanings to us or have been more...
Preview: Marsm Presents Makkam w/ Arteria FM & MOZÃO @ The Jago (London; Saturday 7th December 2019)
Throughout the years, MARSM UK has tempted us with plenty of exciting Middle Eastern and North African scented music events. While on 7th December, the needle of their music compass and turntables will run through Afro-Latin and Afro-Brazilian grooves. They partnered up with London-based DJ collective Makkam to take over...
Every month, we bring you a collection of the best world music-related videos. That’s our way to give value to too often overlooked, rich and diverse artistic expressions. Listen with your eyes! Watch the full playlist:
Preview of the album: This Album is no longer available however if you want to receive exclusive access to a free album like this each month just sign up to our monthly newsletter by filling in the form below: Track List: 1. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Control [from Control; Mr Bongo] 00:00...
On Sunday, we will host an intriguing musician at Hootananny. Rio de Janeiro-born but Lisbon-based singer/songwriter Marcos Aganjù has recently released his first full-length solo album titled Plantation Sons, which is an in-depth musical excavation into the African diaspora. In Marcos’ compositions, the Atlantic crossing becomes a route of notes...