![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...
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View Edna Martinez bio here A musical selection by Edna Martinez related to her LatinArab project. “LatinArab is a DJ-set by Edna Martinez (Colombia) with live percussion by Romeo Natur (Germany / Palestina), both living in Berlin. This show is a melting pot of Oriental, Tropical, Afro-Caribbean, ancestral music and organic...
Come December, we are all in that greetings mood. So, join us on the 15th of December to say “Happy Birthday” to one of our favourite and liveliest new music spots in London. It was May 2017 when Balabam first opened its doors, but it was late in the year...
Our Rootmaster Goes Mediterranean events have one last docking for 2018, which is on schedule for Sunday 25th November, with Amaraterra and DJ Aly Prince spinning the Hootananny’s helm. The third episode of the series will release all the rhythmic and enrapturing power of Southern Italy and Greek traditional music enhanced...
We are still following a strict Mediterranean music diet here at Rhythm Passport, and for the second of our Rootmaster Goes Mediterranean at Hootananny, we will present the full spectrum of South European folk music, from Andalusia to Turkey, stopping over in Southern Italy and Greece. That’s because, on the...
We might have just come back from holiday, but we are already thinking about our next one around here. And this time, we want you to set sail with us! How? Join us at Hootananny on the fourth Sunday of the month, and you’ll take full breaths of Mediterranean air....
47 Soul have been dubbed the ‘Soundtrack of Arab Youth’, with their lyrical focus on the war-stricken, terror state of their home in Palestine. This hip-hop collective named their debut album Balfron Promise, ‘Balfron’ being a play on the name of housing estate they were placed in, named Balfron Tower,...
![Album Review: Hallouminati – Tonight, Is Heavy [Batov Records; June 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/hallouminati--335x335.jpg)
Hallouminati, of Derby, Nottingham, London and Cyprus, present their debut album, released on London based gipsy, rock, jazz London label Batov Records. They have been touring extensively since 2010, making a mark in the gipsy, klezmer, ska, and raucous party scenes with their pretty original blend of “brass, bouzouki and...
Preview of the album: Only available until 03rd September 2018
![Preview: Don Kipper Album Launch & Big Ben Jorge @ Wilton’s Music Hall [London; 22nd June 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dom-kipper-335x168.jpg)
Following a couple of tours in Europe, as well as recent appearances in the duo Tsvey Kipperim, the Kippers are back in full-power mode with their album Seven Sisters. Since their union in 2013, Don Kipper has interpreted the soulful sense of joy and grief of North-East London communities coexisting...
What Colour Is Jazz? @ Chats Palace (London; Saturday 23rd February 2019)
Gipsydelica @ Hootananny (Sunday 24th February) - FREE ENTRY -