![Album Review: Ariwo – Quasi [MANANA Records; May 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ariwo-quasi-cover-335x335.jpg)
A four piece, Ariwo is made up of: Hammadi Valdes from Cuba on percussion; Oreste Noda; Canadian Jay Phelps (a renowned trumpeter who has played with Hugh Masekela, Wynton Marsalis and Soweto Kinch, among others); and Iranian-born composer/producer Pouya Ehsaei. They specialise in bringing traditional rhythms together into a modern...
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Young and exciting musicians, theatre groups and artists combine in East Sussex to celebrate difference and DIY culture at Brainchild Festival. Set in the Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum in East Sussex, Brainchild is a festival that is building quite a reputation. A festival that takes itself far beyond music,...
No matter if you call them post-punk, free-jazz, avant-folk, Greek or whatever else, Xylouris White will end up defying your definition. The duo, formed by Cretan oud master George Xylouris and Australian fanciful post-punk drummer Jim White, is quite an anomaly in the music world, showing how you can organically...
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...
In our new podcast series, we’ve chosen to focus on who provide us with the precious “raw material” for our listenings and features: quality new music! We are talking about those heroes who decided to launch, nurture and cultivate a record label (better if with an ‘independent’ in front of it). As the...
![Album Review: Spaza – s/t [Mushroom Hour/Half Hour; June 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/spaza_album_art-335x337.jpg)
Cementing Johannesburg as the third point in the triangle of modern jazz, this album transcends the traditional boundaries of genres to create something captivating, original and outstanding. Released in 2019, this album joins a year of supreme albums that merge genres and eras, taking modern jazz to new heights. In...
An ever-evolving festival, just like jazz and its conjunctions. That’s why we love Jazz:Re:Found, the musical happening taking place in the North-Italian region of Piedmont, which has reached its ninth chapter and changed its shape once again. The 2019 edition will indeed go on stage in mid-June over three days...
We never made a secret of our passion for musicians who are able to go (far) beyond the borders of style and tradition, always looking forward, experimenting, surprising and even unsettling their audience. Jambinai, a Korean experimental-rock band from Seoul, is all this and even more. They studied and grew...
Not that music has lost its ability to surprise us, but to be honest, we are rarely struck as much as when we listen to a new release from The Budos Band. Despite the fact that the Staten Island musicians have been successfully blending Afrobeat with jazz, soul with metal,...
Yes, we know, there won’t be another Bank Holiday weekend in a while, but that’s even more of a good reason to spend this Bank Holiday Saturday in music! The added fact that it’ll arguably be the jazziest jam of the month, and it’s entirely free, makes it a more...
