View Edna Martinez bio here “A musical selection of Afro-Colombian roots, champeta, soukous, makossa and beyond, pure Vanilla Noir.” (Edna Martinez) Track list: La Niña Emilia – La Muchachita inyecta 0:00 Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto – Candelilla Brava 03:21 Abelardo Carbono y Su Conjunto – Palenque Palenque – 08:00 Sangazuza – Sun Malé 11:52 Eki Bis...
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La Papessa, her second release (dated 2016), has recently been awarded the Polaris Music Prize for the best Canadian Album of the Year, but if we love Lido Pimienta’s music, it’s for tons of reasons more. As much as her songs, Lido is blunt, engaged, socially aware and an eclectic...
Part of the exciting new wave of Colombian bands inspired by Afro-Colombian rhythms, Bulldozer arrive in London for their debut UK show at Archspace presented by Movimientos. Fresh from the festival circuit in Europe, Bulldozer bring their dance-floor ready mix of Colombian champeta, ‘70s funk, traditional Colombian rhythms, electronic sounds...
A grey, dank Friday evening welcomed Colombia’s La Mambanegra as guests of the Biennial Manchester International Festival. The tent interior was wrapped in black and fans gathered, sitting cross-legged, waiting for the band. Hailing from Cali, the nine-piece La Mambanegra (The Black Mamba) take to the stage, safe in the...
![Album Review: Quantic & Nidia Góngora – Curao [Tru–Thoughts Records, 12th May 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/a1363138718_10-335x335.jpg)
Curao brings together the mystical music traditions of the Colombian Pacific Coast with captivating modern day production to spectacular effect. Will ‘Quantic’ Holland and Nidia Góngora, who is considered one of the foremost artists of the typical marimba music of the South Pacific region, mix those unique & rich traditional...
There are gigs and there are cultural experiences. What you can expect to enjoy and take delight in on the 19th of July at Clapton’s Palm 2 is the latter: a full-immersion in everything Colombian from food to dance and music. From 6.30PM on, the East London venue will be...
She rarely visits and performs in London, but when she does, she’s always keen to bring the Caribbean sun and enthusiasm with her. A few days ago, on the eve of her gig as part of La Linea festival, we had the honour to meet and have a chat with...
In a gig that oozed class and revitalised my Sunday, Sidestepper brought the verve of late night Candelaria to a thoroughly impressed Dalston. I rarely buy the shirt, but these guys earned my indulgence at Echoes last week. At 7:15pm I descended the stairs of this new East London musical...
If the British Summer is hesitating to make its appearance, let’s enjoy the Colombian one. From the 14th of July at Larmer Tree Festival to the 31st with their gig at Port Eliot Festival (including stop-overs at WOMAD, Latitude, Tropical Pressure & London Village Underground), Sidestepper will warm your soul and...
![Album Review: M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Mezcla [Glitterbeat Records, 27th May 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maku-sound-system-mezcla-2400-335x335.jpg)
When we think of music from the heart, of unified voices that sing from the spirit, of souls in search of their roots and identity, we think of M.A.K.U. Soundsystem. “We’re that mixture, inescapable mixture” the group rightfully claims. With vibrating grooves and frantic afro-beats, the indigenous life experiences of...
