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By now, you’d already know that we don’t like charts, ranks or hierarchies. So, of course, we have compiled a list of our favourite albums of the year (next to songs and videos), but more than a ranking, we prefer to call our choices a “music guide to 2018”. To...
The beginning of this year witnessed the much-awaited re-launch of Ethio-jazz father Hailu Mergia in the contemporary world jazz scenario. With the Awesome Tapes from Africa release Lala Belu, master keyboardist and accordionist Mergia conquered the stages of the most attended jazz festivals in Europe and USA during last summer...
![Album Review: Hailu Mergia – Lala Belu [Awesome Tapes from Africa, February 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hailu-mergia-lala-335x335.jpg)
January and February are the times when we reconsider last year’s resolutions a bit more seriously. For master keyboard player and living legend Hailu Mergia, 2018 is his year. February is the time for a heartfelt resolution to happen worldwide, and after 15 years since his last release, everyone is...
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...
Preview of the album: Track List: 1. Red Baraat – Tunak Tunak Tun [Rhyme & Reason Records] 00:00 – 05:20 2. Mista Savona – El Cuarto de Tula (feat. Maikel Ante, El Medico and Turbulence) [Baco Records] 05:21 – 09:18 3. Bokanté – Nou Tout Sé Yonn [GroundUP Music] 09:19 – 13:54 4....
Awesome Tapes from Africa’s Brian Shimkovitz has done a brilliant job over the past seven years or so of bringing new life to legendary artists whose genre-shifting music has often been lost in the sea of modern sounds. One of these prolific musicians is Ethiopian Hailu Mergia, the keyboard and accordion...
A great revival in music is always well received, especially when the artist is as joyous to watch as Ata Kak. Disappearing into near obscurity since the release of underground game changer, Obaa Sima in 1994, Ata’s infectious concoction of leftfield rap, lo-tech house beats and hiplife flavours make for...
![Album Review: Awa Poulo – Poulo Warali [Awesome Tapes from Africa, 20th January 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/atfa024_art-335x335.png)
According to Njeddo Dewal, a Peulh folktale on the origins of the ethnic group, as told by Amadou Hampate Ba, the Peulh first lived in Heli and in Yoyo. In Heli and Yoyo, everything needed and beloved by humans was in abundance. Due to the bad conduct of these first...
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: [chimpy_form forms=”1] Tracks list: 1. Aurelio – Laru Beya [Real World Records] 00:00 – 03:51 2....
