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...
Tag Archives: Global Beats
Afriqoui’s ‘Mokako’ caught my undivided attention while I was still studying in college over five years ago, and its absolutely irresistible grooves have stayed with me as a number-one party track ever since. No DJ set feels complete without visiting the Afriqoui boys, mixing traditional African musical elements, such as...
More than a style or musical region the October appointment with the Rhythm Passport’s Global Sundays at Hootananny is dedicated to an artist enriching and brightening the London music scene, Mohammed Yahya. Founder member of Native Sun, next to bilingual rapper, poet, educator and events organiser, Mohammed is a 360-degree...
Gallery: Ariano Folk Festival 2019 (Ariano Irpino, Italy; Wednesday 15th to Sunday 19th August 2019)
There are small musical miracles around if we are open to going beyond the usual festival circuit. One of them happens every August (since 1996) in Southern Italy. For four days and nights, Ariano Folk Festival enlightens the Campanian town of Ariano Irpino and brings music from all over the world...
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...
Not your usual Friday night… On 4th October, head for The Post Bar in Tottenham for a night of “love and war” messages. Brazilian singer/songwriter and guitarist Marcos Aganju, visual artist and educator Dally Schwarz, and London-based DJ collective Bombotropics will feed you with food for your thoughts and sounds for your...
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...
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...
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...
![Preview: Doin’ Our Own Thing ¦ Brazil÷Africa Special! @ The Post Bar [London; Saturday 12th October 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/doinourownthing-thepost-335x175.jpg)
As London venues are shut down, Doin’ Our Own Thing keeps searching for the perfect space to run their night of African and Brazillian grooves. Doin’ Our Own Thing is an organisation that looks to connect a range of diverse people through music. Specialising in nights that focus on music...