It’s been said that many a blues legend has sold their soul to the devil. So, bring a black cat bone and your guitar to the crossroads at Euston Hall for May’s Red Rooster Festival. There will be blues, Americana, gypsy, and rock ‘n’ roll mixed with hints of calypso...
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Since its inaugural weekend in 2016, Bluedot has become known as a festival of discovery. Set within the grounds of Jodrell Bank Observatory—the iconic Lovell telescope providing a formidable backdrop—the festival’s program of live music, scientific talks and workshops has inspired attendees of all ages. Outer space, the natural environment,...
There’s arguably no need for introducing an artist like Natty… The London-based singer/songwriter, with Afro-American and Italian roots and an unconditional love for reggae, has reached the 10th year of his career and will celebrate the anniversary with an upcoming special release. Instead, what we would like to present and...
![Album Review: The Hempolics – Kiss, Cuddle & Torture Volume 1 [Reggae Roast, 6th October 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/a1374214268_10-335x335.jpg)
The Hempolics’ debut album Kiss Cuddle & Torture Volume 1 is a fun and inventive debut record packed with zesty numbers from start to finish. Perhaps what makes The Hempolics so distinctive is their refusal to fully commit wholeheartedly to one genre – to describe them simply as a reggae...
There are few musicians who deserve the title of music legends more than Toots Hibbert. Toots and the Maytals have indeed defined and developed the concept of Jamaican music in the 20th century and accompanied it in the 21st. That’s why their next London gig, happening tomorrow at Barbican is...
Even if summer and London are two words not working too well together, except perhaps as an oxymoron, there’s an event that, since 2014 brings the sun shining over the East End. Maybe that’s only figuratively, but Walthamstow Garden Party is one of the best ways to celebrate the sunny season...
![Album Review: Inna de Yard – The Soul of Jamaica [Chapter Two Records, 10th March 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/163755-335x335.jpg)
Reggae was born as an attempt at offering a mass of people tired of pretending to be a rational, liberal, colonial society, a new direction for feeling and human relations and it provided the cement for a new socios (partnership.) Inna de Yard (inside of the yard,) made of reggae...
In a world of “acceptable musical nihilism”, Clinton Fearon is a citizen-musician, in the ideal sense of the word. He produces music that goes beyond expressing the sun, mountains, rooms, etc, associated with his native Jamaica (he now lives in Washington State), and instead is a troubadour, open to the...
![Album Review: Clinton Fearon – This Morning [Chapter Two Records/Wagram Records, 30th September 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cover_this_morning-335x335.jpg)
At age of 66 and with a career spanning almost 50 years, Clinton Fearon could be peacefully considering retirement. But age must apply differently to Jamaican musicians. Just look at Kiddus I (72) and Cedric Myton (70), whose last effort – The Soul of Jamaica: Inna de Yard (Chapter Two)...
Only one of the most upbeat cities in the UK could only give birth to one of the most upbeat bands. So be prepared to skank all night on the 3rd of March, because Leeds born-and-bred Gentleman’s Dub Club, are coming to London to perform their biggest headline show ever...
