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On 9th August, go fully Batov Records at Hootananny, when the London-based label will take over the Brixton venue, bringing some of the best names on its roster. Starting from Yemenite electro-pop diva S H I R A N, who will be playing her London debut on the night, presenting...
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...
The Enfants terribles from the Golan Heights are finally back! TootArd, the band that, little more than a year ago, fired us up with their second album (Laissez Passer) and related tour will be taking another trip to the UK pretty soon. Not only will they be playing two sets...
We’re getting jazzier here at Rhythm Passport, and for our next Global Sounds show, we are going to present on the Hootananny stage a full Gipsy-jazz quintet: Gypsy Dynamite! You can hardly find a more spot-on name, because the ensemble will not only charm you with some smooth and rhythmic...
We know that summer is still one month away, but you can already breathe it deeply by taking the next weekend off and heading to Malta for EarthGarden Festival. The event, which debuted back in 2007, is the largest festival happening on the Mediterranean island and features more than 120...
Balabam will go fully Greek on 10th May, when Baildsa, a punk-ska-reggae outfit from Thessaloniki, and London-based Balothizer and their “Cretan music from hell” will turn the Tottenham venue upside down. The two bands reflect two different, but both passionate and energetic, ways to interpret Greek music. If Baildsa’s tunes...
Ladies and Gentlemen, girls and boys, music lovers of all ages… Come on, come all! The effervescent, exuberant and ebullient Tarantola’s musical circus is ready to rig its tent on the Lee riverside and unleash its histrionic show! On Friday 22nd March, it’s Thank Grow It’s Friday, a brand-new music...
When Amira Kheir’s very first song at The Junction on Saturday night was greeted with joyous ululating from a refreshingly diverse crowd, the tone was set for a special gig. `Save those for later’ she promised, leading her band into the shimmering ‘Amwaj’ (Waves) from her latest album Mystic Dance....
![Album Review: Out of Nations – Quest [Riverboat Records; August 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/outofnationsquestcover-335x335.jpg)
To understand and fully appreciate Out of Nations’ sound, you first need to have a look at their passports and read about their backgrounds. A 7-piece ensemble based in Berlin, with members coming from the US, Egypt, Greece, Belgium and Austria with experiences in Lebanon and Norway, and collaborating with...
