Ever since the festival relocated to the West Mid Showground in 2007, its varied global line-up has continued to grow. Released from the clutches of its traditional folk narrative, it brought forward the orthodox values of its folkie origins, the Shrewsbury Folk Festival has fostered a place for world and...
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After last week’s tribute to the great Lee Scratch Perry, several musicians and producers let me know their work is also greatly influences by The Upsetter‘s work. So I did an open call on FB and IG and this is the result, almost two hours of producers and musicians influenced...
In this show we go deeper into jazz in its limitless facets and styles, although limited in time but never in space, we dive into spiritual jazz, funky jazz, afrobeat jazz, and afro-cuban jazz. We are one and music is the bridge to Oneness! Music is the glue that connects...
Nightshop summer show for July & August via Radio Campus Bxl, Rhythm Passport & Groovalizacion Radio with 3 hours of new global sounds. 4 songs of the day from Brazil to Niger, Romania and France/Morocco. Our albums of the month start in psychedelic mood with Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek...
Organising and running a music festival these days might sound like pure madness… It’s not only about passion for and dedication to music and its interpreters, but also a risky work of art considering the volatile Covid-related situation, ever-changing rules and widespread insecurity affecting the cultural sector on a global...
Welcome to a new Rhythm Passport section that will keep you company till the 27th of October when WOMEX will raise the curtains on its 2021 edition. As it’s not too hard to imagine, the section is dedicated to the Expo itself. In the next 11 weeks, we will indeed...
They might have only just released their third single, but Montparnasse Musique are letting you dance since the early 2000s. Both Nadjib Ben Bella and Aero Manyelo are experienced producers and dancefloor wizards spreading global beats under different monikers for the last twenty years. “Legend tells us” that in 2018,...
This week we travel to the Sahara desert in Niger to dance to some Touareg blues by Les Filles de Illighadad and Dag Tenere, both serving their own blend of Tamasheq sounds. Iswat by Dag Tenere (“the desert’s children”) is our album of the week. Radio Mukambo also takes you to...
Amami are a Geneva-based trio formed by Raphaël Anker, Gabriel Ghebrezghi and Inès Mouzoune. The band is ready to release Soleil, its second album, out on Swiss label Les Disques Bongo Joe in late August: https://amami.bandcamp.com/album/soleil The first single extracted from the album is its track, which can be described as “gothic-tropic, as it embraces the...
With a season finished not long ago and another in full swing (in spite of its dreary weather), it’s time for a recap of our most recent music listening. Then check out and have a listen to how the world “played out” this spring with our very own seasonal playlist…...