![Album Review: Anelis Assumpção – Taurina [Scubidu Music; February 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/taurina-335x335.jpg)
Taurina, the third album from Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) singer-songwriter Anelis Assumpção is calm tropicália, fuelled with Brazilian flavours; the country’s musical aesthetic is combined with progressive rock influences throughout the album. The smooth and funky grooves by the Sao Paulo based singer-songwriter are best suited to a warm Sunday...
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There is no better way to celebrate International Women’s Day (and a few days after) than through music, poetry, workshops, talks and more, and no better way than doing it through an inclusive and entirely free festival lighting up the second weekend of March in the London’s East End. Poplar...
Preview of the album: Tracklist: 1. 47Soul – Mo Light [Cooking Vinyl] 00:00 – 04:28 2. Chinese Man – Wolf [Chinese Man Records] 04:29 – 08:38 3. Manu Delago – Mesmer Mesmerising (feat. Isa Kurz) [Tru Thoughts Records] 08:39 – 11:44 4. Hailu Mergia – Lala Belu [Awesome Tapes from...
![Album Review: Populous – Azulejos [Wonderwheel Recordings // La Tempesta Dischi, 9th June 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/azulejos_artwork__front_-335x335.jpg)
If you’ve ever wandered through the streets of Lisbon, you probably came across stunning walls of blue-painted ceramic tiles, the azulejos, depicting amazingly intricate patterns and detailed paintings. The iconic tiles give name to the fifth album of the Lecce-born, Milan-based producer, Andrea Mangia, aka Populous, after his experience in...
They don’t visit London and the UK very often (the last time it happened was for the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony), but when they do, they always give an electrifying and memorable experience to their audience. It happened again just a few days ago when Bernando Santos (better known as...
We discovered them almost one year ago thanks to their debut album and it was love at first listen. That’s why, a few weeks after the release of their second work (Entremundos) and a few days before their second UK tour (with a stop-over at London’s Jazz Café on the...
![Album Review: Gilles Peterson Presents Sonzeira – Tam… Tam… Tam…! Reimagined [Brownswood Recordings – July 15, 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/a0234754268_10-335x335.jpg)
Tam Tam Tam Reimagined, well, reimagines a classic Brazilian music, from Jose Prates’ Tam Tam Tam, into the second volume of Gilles Peterson’s Sonzeira project (the first release was Bam Bam Bam.) The original Tam Tam Tam was an album of lively drumbeating, band playing, and singing, that sounds like...
There’s something in the water of Sao Paulo that seems to transform every local band into the global ‘next big thing’. It’s a phenomenon that has happened a lot lately, with bands such as Metá Metá, Bixiga 70 and now it’s the turn of Nomade Orquestra. The Brazilian 10-piece band,...
They catch your attention and ears and won’t release them until they have played the last note of their set. That’s how Metá Metá has become one of the most intriguing projects coming from Brazil. They did the same last week, when they exposed their creativity and originality on the...
Borderless, as its name suggests, is a music festival aimed at broadening people’s cultural horizons at Battersea Arts Centre, with fine and captivating acts from all over the world. They will hit the stage on 13th September, serving as one of the most fitting embodiments of Borderless’ aspirations. As a...
