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...
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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:
For the second episode of our Q&A-series dedicated to world-music festivals and their protagonists, we did things in grand-style, with possibly the most gargantuan one happening in the UK; a good-and proper cultural experience. Boomtown Fair goes far and beyond the usual idea of a music festival. It is indeed...
Preview: Fat Freddy’s Drop @ The Electric Brixton (London; Friday 9th & Saturday 10th November 2018)
Since their debut album Based on a True Story was released in 2005, progressive dub-jazz masters Fat Freddy’s Drop have risen to recognition as a fundamental sound on the scene and have dropped albums that consistently impress to near cult status. Fat Freddy’s are also globally renowned for their completely...
It doesn’t happen every day; being asked by the BBC to play the tunes you like. So, we’re more than thrilled to have put together a 3-song mix for BBC Radio 3 Music Planet presented by Kathryn Tickell, one of the most recent additions to the BBC Radio 3 show schedules, and...
We know that it’s too easy, almost predictable to recommend a Fat Freddy’s Drop gig. Every time the loud, larger than life New Zealand band visits London, they create such hype that you know about it at least a month in advance. But, we can’t get enough of their sound....
There aren’t many musicians or bands able to amaze and confound their fans on such a regular basis, and Fat Freddy’s Drop are arguably one of the most distinctive examples of this. Full of free-spirited, eclectic artistry, their recent London shows in front of an jubilant crowd at the O2 Brixton Academy were...
Fast approaching the 1000th show in their career, the New Zealand heavyweight soul purveyors Fat Freddy’s Drop return to London for two nights this Easter, locked and loaded with their fourth studio album, BAYS. Internationally regarded as one of the world’s finest live acts, the seven piece band have navigated...