Every now and then, but not so often as to make you blasé, you can find yourself at a gig that will truly leave you speechless and absolutely quivering with the sheer joy of the experience, such is the level of the musical dynamics on show. This was one such...
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Two weeks to go until the new edition of Jazz:Re:Found. In its past editions, the forward-looking festival has brought to Italy names such as hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash, techno legend group Underground Resistance, funk-jazz Brazilian masters Azymuth and many more. This year’s theme Black & Forth sums up the two...
![Album Review: Vaudou Game – OTODI [Hot Casa Records: 26th October 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/vaudou-game-otodi-335x335.jpg)
A sentimental fist-bump to Afro-Funk, Vaudou Game’s album OTODI (released by Hot Casa Records) mixes traditional Togolese scales with a James Brown-style rhythm section intended for ritual dance. Lead songwriter Peter Solo attempts to conjure the spirits of voodoo, the very spirits he converses with daily. The third offering from lead...
We keep on discovering the DJs who will let you dance the Soul City nights away, the Jazz Cafe‘s refreshed Saturday club night. This time is the turn of Zakia Sewell, a London-based DJ and producer who was also part of the Honest Jon’s family until a few months ago. Today, Zakia...
The hype machine is running at full speed and the infamous term (I’m sorry…) ‘UK Jazz’ is the hot topic from the global music press right now. A number of London based musicians are grabbing the moment with both hands, scoping out the distance and growing their own club nights....
This year’s EFG London Jazz festival will bring together a wide range of international jazz artists, as well as top local talents. There aren’t many UK Jazz artists as important to the scene as Orphy Robinson; with a history of musical directing, performing and composing, asking one of the UK’s...
If you had the time of your life during the 25th edition, you will almost certainly be blown away by the 26th! 325 shows with more than 2000 artists performing on 70+ stages throughout 10 days. This is what EFG London Jazz Festival 2018 has in store for every music lover. The upcoming...
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To celebrate and introduce you to Soul City, the Jazz Cafe‘s revamped and retuned Saturday club night, we asked some of its protagonists to use Rhythm Passport as a tasting room and put together a sneak peak of their upcoming sets for us. In the upcoming weeks, you will indeed enjoy...
Having one of the jazziest DJs compile a playlist for you doesn’t happen every day. So, we’re more than thrilled to share what LeFtO has prepared for us… He retraced his musical inspirations through an 11-track playlist, including some of his favourite tunes; songs that have helped him to form his eclectic...