Our Daily Discovery section is usually meant for sharing new music and video clips with you. While this morning, we would like to “use” it in another way, to say goodbye to a good friend and supporter of Rhythm Passport as well as imaginative musician (from Trans-Global Underground to...
Tag Archives: Ethio-Funk
Israeli ethio-jazz and funk band Hoodna Orchestra gave “the live treatment” to ‘Alem Alem’ extracted from their latest namesake album released in February on Agogo Records. The EP includes six “instrumental arrangements of songs by Ethiopia’s classic singers from the golden age of Ethiopian jazz and pop. These...
‘Nefas New Zemedie’ is extracted from a “newly unearthed” album by Hailu Mergia out in early June on Awesome Tapes From Africa. “Tezeta is the first full length album by The Walias Band recorded and released in 1975 by the band’s own label […] Sourced by Awesome Tapes From Africa...
This week Radio Mukambo celebrates legacies and honours legends. “Legacy +” is our double LP of the week, by Femi Kuti and Made Kuti, son and grandson of the great Fela Kuti. Both bring their own peculiar blend of afrobeat. We also pay tribute to two legends who left us:...
Hard to believe that such a dire and dramatic year could inspire such an abundance of remarkable albums. Or maybe, on the contrary, the multitude of emotions sparked by the pandemic and our new life’s circumstances might have been the main reasons why musicians were able to write, record and...
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The man with the Moog is back when we needed him most. Following his acclaimed 2018 release Lala Belu, the unassuming elder of Ethiopian music Hailu Mergia returns with his soothing synths for Yene Mircha which translates from Amharic as `My Choice’. Ever since Buena Vista Social Club and (before) we’ve...
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...
Before Mulatu Astate came to the scene in the late 60s, Ethio-jazz hadn’t yet surfaced. Combining the pentatonic system of Ethiopian church music and the twelve notes of Jazz, he fuses a perfect marriage between the two genres. On the 17th and 18th of December he will be gracing the...
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: [chimpy_form forms=”1] Track List: 1. Lakou Mizik + 79rs Gang feat. Régine...
With so much good music being published and uploaded every month, we constantly find hard to keep up with all the releases. Luckily, “we get by with a little help from our friends”… We are more than thrilled to welcome and introduce you to Chamonix-based online radio, record label, DJs...