![Album Review: Dobet Gnahoré – Miziki [Wagram Music; May 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/gnahore-miziki-335x335.jpg)
Having been raised in an environment where performing arts and African traditions were paramount, Ivorian vocalist Dobet Gnahoré has always had great artistic confidence and a strong sense of self. Her fifth album, entitled Miziki after the Bété word for music, is a true reflection of that assurance and traditional...
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An evening of afro-cyclical riffs, be it on the characteristic electric guitar, or electrified xylophones, this evening of afro-collaborative acts is sure to be an unmissable event. Onipa is another collaboration between Ghanaian K.O.G. (K.O.G. & the Zongo Brigade) and London’s Tom Excell (Nubiyan Twist), this time bringing ‘deep grooves...
Chiminyo is a composer, drummer and percussionist who is acutely involved with many of the most iconic projects of London’s contemporary music scene (southern city jazz plus northern city interplay of Turkish, Greek, Romani and Klezmer music). You might hear him bustling with Don Kipper, Maisha or Cykada, let alone...
Last year, Esinam was quite a revelation for us. We listened to her first single “Electric Lady” and inevitably lost our heads to her dancy and well-rounded Afro-electro sound, enhanced by the refined production of Ibaaku. That’s why we are pretty thrilled to premiere her debut EP out today for...
![Album Review: Samba Touré – Wande [Glitterbeat Records; May 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/wande-335x334.jpg)
Samba Toure, Malian blues legend, guided by one of Africa’s finest composers, Ali Farke Toure, released his third album, Wande, on the Glitterbeat label (May 2018). The opening track, “Yo Pouhala” (“blah blah blah”), sung in Fulani, is an unusually sedated introduction to the album. In sympathy with its subject...
In a few days’ time, Nova Batida will bring some musical brutishness to Lisbon. The first edition of the festival, organized by Soundcrash, will indeed keep the stages at LX Factory and Village Underground Lisboa busy throughout the weekend, with almost 50 local and UK-based acts dealing with every sort of beat...
The second most important city in Northern Italy, Turin is a place of hidden gems. One of them is a once-abandoned 18th-century railway repair building turned into a cultural hub: OGR (Officine Grandi Riparazioni). In less than a year, the majestic industrial building has become a central location of the...
700 years and still going strong! Camberwell Fair has been an institution in London since the 13th century, so to keep the tradition going and to organize a festival carrying the same name was quite a responsibility for the Wormfood and Pexmas guys. But, for the fourth year in a...
It’s been a few years that we’ve been following the growth of Afrikän Protoköl, and every time they come up with something new, we are more than thrilled to feature it. The Brussels-based act, with Burkinabé roots, has brought a breath of jazzy and Afro vibes to Belgium thanks to...
London and its music scene are always able to surprise us. So much so, that one of their most recently born offspring is a quality union between Afrofuturism, Congotronics, funk and urban electronic vibes. Onipa (which means ‘human being’ in Ghanaian Asanta language) is indeed one of the most exciting...
