Oh October, three hours of Nightshop global sounds with nine albums of the month. Starting with three songs of the day by Ghorwane (Mozambique), Raul Monsalve y los Forajidos (Venezuela) and Vidock (France). Our albums of the month start with traditional spiritual gnawa music by Maalem Mahmoud Gania (Hive Mind...
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![Album Review: Ammar 808 – Global Control / Invisible Invasion [Glitterbeat Records; September 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ammar-808-invisible-invasion-cover-335x335.jpg)
Electronic music has always been a soft target for the purists. To use an ex-colleague (jazz guitarist, quelle surprise)’s metaphor, the fundamental difference between a handcrafted armchair and a cheap mass-produced imitation is the latter’s lack of the most universal characteristic known as ‘human element’. Or a human error –...
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:
On the 22nd of March we will sail off to the Mediterranean and far beyond, with Gaia Mobilij, Giuliano Osella and Quimbara. Gaia Mobilij is a musician born and bred in Italy. However, thanks to her perpetual wandering around the world, she explores the sounds of far away cultures including...
Our “end-of-the-year” lists are not a way to rule what has been good or bad in the previous 365 music days. In fact, since we are music lovers at heart, we love to share and support the albums we like, that hold particular meanings to us or have been more...
Preview: Kefaya & Elaha Soroor + The Scorpios @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday 12th February 2020)
We first met Kefaya back in 2015, and we grew fonder and fonder of the London-based band thanks to their full-bodied sound blending Mediterranean and South Asian spicy flavours with elegant and jazzy arrangements. Still, when they released, together with Elaha Soroor, Songs of Our Mothers in September last year,...
Albums like More Arriving are windows into the present. Their perspective on the here and now is so spot on and accurate that they sound like the best portrayal of the days we currently live in. After having listened to them, you feel the compulsion to delve further into their...
![Album Review: Kefaya + Elaha Soroor – Songs of Our Mothers [Bella Union; September 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/kefaya-richmix-335x335.jpg)
This rare treat transitions between Middle Eastern jazz and folk, blending modern dub sounds with traditional sounds from tablas, dolaks and damburas. Each song being led by the powerful vocals of Elaha Soroor, the album is a journey through Afghanistan and beyond. Kefaya got much praise after their first album,...
![Album Review: Sarathy Korwar – More Arriving [The Leaf Label; July 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sarathy-korward-more-arriving-cover-335x335.jpg)
On the list of the worst conversation starters, “Where are you from?” would be right up there. Reducing the person to a Lonely Planet cardboard cut-out is one thing, but when the question is prompted by your accent, complexion or general foreignness, it becomes a euphemism for, “You stick out...
From one of the best-kept secrets to a good-and-proper institution of the London multicultural music scene, as far as their sound, Lokkhi Terra have grown into a stand-out embodiment of what cross-cultural collaborations can create, nurture and let flourish. The collective, led by Bangladeshi-born British pianist, composer and producer Kishon Khan, epitomize...
