Check out the new collaborative single and relative video by Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter James Yorkston and Swedish ensemble The Second Hand Orchestra. The spoken word track is part of a ‘re-arranged’ version of The Wide, Wide River, James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra’s latest album, and will...
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Been a while since last time we travelled and will be a while until the next one. So, let music help us once again to virtually escape and get far away from our home and neighbourhood, at least for a few hours. On Sunday 29th, from 3PM GMT, join us on...
In our new podcast series, we’ve chosen to focus on who provide us with the precious “raw material” for our listenings and features: quality new music! We are talking about those heroes who decided to launch, nurture and cultivate a record label (better if with an ‘independent’ in front of it). As the...
![Album Review: Mungo’s Hi-Fi x Marina P – Soul Radio [Scotch Bonnet Records; August 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mungo-marina-p-soul-radio-cover-335x335.jpg)
For their latest offering, Mungo’s Hi-Fi have collaborated with Paris-based Italian, Marina P and it’s a match made in heaven. Mungo’s have been working together with Marina P since around 2007. The jazz influenced singer is a big attraction to the Scottish sound system crew, who travelled to the French...
![Album Review: Let Drum Beat – Lua Cheia [February 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/let-drum-beat-lua-cheia-335x295.jpg)
Let Drum Beat’s debut album – Lua Cheia – was recorded in the Navegas Cantareira Studio housed within a tropical forest in Brazil. The London based all female group consisting of Alba Cabral, Béa Shantifa, Lizzie Ogle and Tuca Milan have created an album that is charming and simmering with...
We love when musicians defy barriers and boundaries, and since they started playing together back in 2012, Let Drum Beat have constantly challenged stereotypes. The most glaring ones? That four women can’t play percussion in a full-female band with such a rhythmic drive. Still, here they are. The London-based quartet,...
After the winter break, our Festival Files are once again fully operational and will guide you to discover some the best music festivals happening throughout the year. The first episode of 2020 is dedicated to a festival that, since 1994, is lightning up the long January nights in Glasgow, Celtic Connections....
![Album Review: Mungo’s Hi-Fi X Eva Lazarus – More Fyah [Scotch Bonnet Records; July 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/mungo-more-fyah-335x335.jpg)
Mungo’s Hi-Fi have been very busy this decade. Formed in 2000 by a group of sound system enthusiasts from Glasgow, they released seven albums between 2010 and 2016, with a momentum that has yet to run out of steam. For their latest project (More Fyah, released on 17th July through...
Rapidly on the ascent of UK folk music scene over the last few years, Talisk have won a bunch of awards and conquered European audiences to become one of the Scots’ icons of folk music. Their non-stop touring has brought them in front of faithful fans and curious audiences through...
It’s been almost a year since we last saw the Scottish/Zambian singer-songwriter Namvula. This coming Friday the 20th April, Rich Mix is hosting her latest album launch Quiet Revolutions. She draws inspiration from her own life journey which has touched multiple countries and ethnicities. Her composition style intertwines metaphorical images...