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...
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To start the new year right, we’ve decided to tidy up our 2019 music listenings and recall the songs that have made us sing, dance, think, happy and love music even more… Enjoy the tunes that our stereos played in heavy rotation and a big thanks to 2019 for...
Every month, we bring you a monthly 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:
As soon as you arrived at The O2 you started to feel as though you were in a world-class Latin American party; with the smell of the delicious traditional food and salsa music from Jesus Cutiño & Son de Cuba, Cali style salsa band Kalison Orquesta performing in the afternoon,...
There were very few albums released in 2017 that got us excited and emotional as much as Residente’s debut. The Puerto Rican rapper, former member of the referential duo Calle 13, is undoubtedly one of the most recognised voices in the Latin hip-hop scene. The millions of albums sold and...
Preview of the album: Tracklist: 1. 47Soul – Mo Light [Cooking Vinyl] 00:00 – 04:28 2. Chinese Man – Wolf [Chinese Man Records] 04:29 – 08:38 3. Manu Delago – Mesmer Mesmerising (feat. Isa Kurz) [Tru Thoughts Records] 08:39 – 11:44 4. Hailu Mergia – Lala Belu [Awesome Tapes from...
This year, we only got a glimpse of the music bonanza offered by the Womad UK weekend. Our stay in Malmesbury consisted of a hit-and-run or a ‘toccata-and-fugue’, in-keeping with the musical topic, and saw us pay a visit to Charlton Park on the last day of the event. Still,...
![Album Review: ÌFÉ – IIII + IIII [Discos Ifà – 31st March 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/a3627371939_16-335x335.jpg)
There is an ancient city in south-west Nigeria named Ifè, the origins of which were sown by the seed of a palm tree planted by the god Oduduwa – an ancient Yoruba myth tells. ÌFÉ is also the name of the latest project of Mark Underwood, aka Otura Mun (whom we interviewed one year...
When we interview an artist or a band, it’s because we are fond of the music they play. With Otura Mun and his latest project, ÌFÉ, it was no exception. We fell in love with their first single, ‘3 Mujeres (Iború Iboya Ibosheshé)’, and still can’t get enough of their...
In 1970s New York salsa emerged, conquering the world in just a few decades. Caribbean migrants (mainly Puerto Rican, Dominican and Cuban) were at the heart of the Latin community, bringing musical styles such as cha cha chá, son, guaracha, mambo, bolero, plena, bomba and even Latin jazz. This breeding...