In times like this, we are all in desperate need for something able to inspire us and let our minds wander. Afro-Cuban experimental project Ariwo artists were already very capable of doing that before the Covid madness, but now they’ve topped up their offer with a brand-new show blending together...
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![Album Review: Lokkhi Terra – Cubangla [Funkiwala Records; June 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/lokkhi-terra-cubangla-cover-335x335.jpg)
Mother Africa’s children do her proud once more in spreading her spirit across what is a rather large diaspora, considering she spent rather a long time beside humanity’s cradle. And just at the moment where it needs some cajoling to get up and stop feeling sorry for itself, in steps...
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:
It’s not every day that you can indulge yourself in the performance of a music giant. Luckily, at ¡Como No!, they care about our musical pleasure and on the 26th of February, they have the honour to bring to London no less than Eliades Ochoa. The Cuban “institution” and former member...
We never made it secret that Yelfris Valdes is one of our favourite Cuban Londoner musicians. But how can you avoid falling for one of the most talented trumpeters and gifted composers coming from the Caribbean island? On the 6th of February, the Havana-born artist will have the privilege of...
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...
![Album Review: Yelfris Valdés – For the Ones… [Música Macondo Records; October 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/yelfris-valdes-for-the-ones-cover-335x332.jpg)
In the world of music, there is one rags-to-riches story yet to be matched – the most universal rhythmic pattern, today associated with Latin American music, that went by the name of son clave in mid-19th century Cuba, al-thaqil al-awwal in 13th-century Persia, and Konkonkolo in 600 BCE in West-Africa....
There’s no way you can start 2020 in a jazzier way than attending this gig. Cubafrobeat is indeed one of the niftiest and most upbeat projects of the decade just ended, and it will go on scene, on the shining Ronnie Scott’s stage on the 12th of January. In June...
At times, we ask the Rhythm Passport family some cruel tasks. For example, to musically retrace their 2010s and pick only five albums among the hundreds (or thousands) they have listened, loved and/or felt particularly important considering the world music world. Click on the names below and you will meet...
It’s always surprising to consider the number of remarkable musicians born and bred in Cuba. The Caribbean island is a non-stop forge of brilliant artists, but some of them are even more brilliant than the others. Roberto Fonseca is one of those; a pianist and composer, who has grown up...