Based in Brooklyn, jazz-funk collective Snarky Puppy will be making their debut at the Royal Albert Hall on 14th November, to highlight the release of their brand-new album, Immigrance. For the past decade, there have been few bands with such a varied amalgam of styles – the main ingredient that...
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Sudan Archives is perhaps one of the most powerful female figures in the contemporary African music scene. Not just singing, but playing violin, composing and producing her own tracks, Sudan Archives really carves her own musical path; one that fuses irresistibly groovy R&B riffs and beats, played out on her...
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:
When good music goes hand in hand with a good cause, it’s a win-win for everyone. So, we can’t help but get thrilled about Freedom Sounds, the event organised by Humanity 4 Palestine, happening on 16th August at Electric Brixton. The benefit concert, which will raise money for several organisations...
The thought of seeing Thundercat brings bass to my mind and ears; I immediately consider the bass faces and the sheer depth and boom that comes from Thundercat’s custom six-string bass – and he sure puts those extra two strings into action. Soul, hip-hop and heavy heavy funk. Watching Thundercat’s...
With so much good music being published and uploaded every month, we constantly find hard to keep up with all the releases. Luckily, “we get by with a little help from our friends”… We are more than thrilled to welcome and introduce you to Chamonix-based online radio, record label, DJs...
On 28th June, On the Corner Records will take over Folklore in Hackney to host two of the most intriguing names on their roster. We are talking about Khalab and Tenesha The Wordsmith, two artists who, in their very own way, fully embody the spirit of the label, bringing forward...
Not that music has lost its ability to surprise us, but to be honest, we are rarely struck as much as when we listen to a new release from The Budos Band. Despite the fact that the Staten Island musicians have been successfully blending Afrobeat with jazz, soul with metal,...
Before its association with elevators and beige dinner parties, jazz was all about making people dance with a sense of rebellion, similar to what rock and hip-hop later became known for. Fifteen years since their first recording, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble still prove that safe doesn’t have to be an option...
![Album Review: The Last Poets – Understanding What Dub Is [Studio Rockers; March 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/lastpoetsunderstanddubcover-335x335.jpg)
The Last Poets need no introduction, yet I find myself being reintroduced to them through their album Understanding What Dub Is (released by Studio Rockers). With their origins in Harlem in the late 1960s and the early hip-hop community, their spoken-word poetry, merged with political activism, is a sound that has...
