On Wednesday, join us on Facebook between 6PM and 10PM (UK Time) and have fun with us at A Mid-Summer Evening’s Live Stream.
On the Rhythm Passport and Movimientos pages, we will be ringing up the curtain on talented female singer-songwriters and zigzagging across the Brazilian-Venezuelan musical border with traditional, contemporary and far-ranging tunes.
Throughout the event, we will have the pleasure to host four London-based acts showcasing their connection with Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Latin music.
Starting with all-female percussion-led band LET DRUM BEAT, who are reviving, defying and bringing forward the Afro-Brazilian tradition, blending it with West African, Scottish and London vibes.
They’ll be followed by Venezuelan singer/songwriter Luzmira Zerpa (also founder and band leader of Family Atlantica) and her imaginative Afro-Latin repertoire brimming with upbeat songs and stories.
You’ll also dance the evening away with DJ AmarAll, a far-reaching Tropical DJ and producer from Sao Paulo, part of the Baila Portuñol collective…
…and Miguel Colmenares. The founder and director of the Latin American-focussed cultural project colectivo futuro (next to co-founder of Olindo Records) is also an eclectic DJ who has dedicated his heart and needles to spreading Pan-Latin vibes.
On Friday the 2nd of September, we officially launched Arsenal of Sounds, a year-long music series happening every first Friday of the month at Woolwich Works organised by Rhythm Passport with the support of Arts Council England. …and we did it in style, hosting two bands enriching, diversifying and jazzing up the London music…
Artists: Let Drum Beat , Malphino
September is usually when holidays are weeks-old memories or distant future plans, but don’t despair, you can still travel and party in sound. On Saturday the 17th of September, get off the ground with us for a vertical take-off in African, Latin American, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean vibes thanks to…
Artists: Bombotropics , Carthnage , Dj Amarall , Earthly Measures , Go Dugong
Download this exclusive FREE Rhythm Passport album TODAY! Preview of the album: This Album is no longer available however if you want to receive exclusive access to a free album like this each month just sign up to our monthly newsletter by filling in the form below: Holiday season might be…
Artists: Alina Maldonado , Captain Planet , Golden Hornet , Jambada , Let Drum Beat , Malphino , Mitchum Yacoub , Nim Sadot , Ray Perez y El Grupo Casabe , Russo Passapusso , Sidi Wacho , Waggles , Zuzuka Poderosa
What’s not to like about midsummer parties? The longer the day, the longer the party, they say, so join us on Saturday the 25th of June at the Post Bar in Tottenham for a good and proper musical bash featuring sounds from all over the world! It all starts at…
Artists: Carthnage , Dj Amarall , Lou Pino , Marley , Noga Ritter , Seby Ntege , Seby Ntege Band , Sophie Darling
Hard to believe that such a dire and dramatic year could inspire such an abundance of remarkable albums. Or maybe, on the contrary, the multitude of emotions sparked by the pandemic and our new life’s circumstances might have been the main reasons why musicians were able to write, record and…
Artists: AKKAN , Al Breadwinner , Bab L’Bluz , Chouk Bwa , Clap! Clap! , Derek Gripper , DUMA , Hugh Masekela , Khruangbin , Let Drum Beat , Nat Birchall , ONIPA , Santrofi , Son Rompe Pera , Songhoy Blues , Spoek Mathambo , The Ångströmers , The Sorcerers , Thundercat , Tony Alln
Have fun with us at A Mid-Summer Evening’s Live Stream. On the Rhythm Passport and Movimientos pages, we will be ringing up the curtain on talented female singer-songwriters and zigzagging across the Brazilian-Venezuelan musical border with traditional, contemporary and far-ranging tunes. Throughout the event, we will have the pleasure to…
Artists: Colectivo Futuro , Dj Amarall , Let Drum Beat , Luzmira Zerpa , Miguel Colmenares
CALLING ALL FIERCE WOMXN and lovers of! Led and curated by our very own DJ Sophie Darling, Rhythm Passport will be hosting a full day streaming festival inspired by Sophie’s podcast series: Femina Del Fuego – Fundraiser Festival. All money raised from this fiesta will be donated to Sisters of Change, a charity…
Artists: Bab L'Buz , Feeo , Jelly Cleaver , Let Drum Beat , Los Bitchos , Margot , Rae , Rebecca Vasmant , Yassassin , Yi Jia
CALLING ALL FIERCE WOMXN and lovers of! Led and curated by one of our own DJ Sophie Darling, Rhythm Passport will be hosting a full day streaming festival on Saturday 13th June inspired by Sophie’s podcast series: Femina Del Fuego – Fundraiser Festival. Femina is Latin for Feminine and we’ve…
Artists: Amira Kheir , Coco Maria , Collectiva , DJ Flavya , Dj Ritu , Edna Martinez , Feed , Jelly Cleaver , Jess Bernardo , Let Drum Beat , Los Bitchos , Mafalda , Margot , Plumm , Rebecca Vasmant , Shunaji , Tenesha The Wordsmith , Yassassin , Yi Jia
This Corona stuff really sucks ey! Since we might all be bound by borders for a while, we’d like to come together and share some happiness in the shape of a playlist or mix! In the next days and weeks, check out Safe & Sounds, where we will figuratively introduce you…
Artists: Let Drum Beat , Safe and Sounds
It doesn’t happen everyday that online music platforms champion the cause of musicians, but Bandcamp has showed us, more than once, to be different from the vast majority of music platforms. Today (until 11.59PM Pacific Time), to support all the artists affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland-based company will…
Artists: Cheb Runner , DJ Doraemon , Hailu Mergia , Hamish Napier , Irreversible Entanglements , Jeich Ould Badou , Let Drum Beat , Lina Raul Referee , Raül Refree , Simo Lagnawi , Simo Lagnawi & Gnawa London , Son Rompe Pera , Spoek Mathambo , The Sorcerers , Tino Contreras![Album Review: Let Drum Beat – Lua Cheia [February 2020]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/let-drum-beat-lua-cheia-620x546.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…
Artists: Let Drum Beat
At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some…
Artists: 3ma , Afrikan Boy , Ballake Sissoko , Driss El Maloumi , Gaia Mobilij , Hot 8 Brass Band , Irreversible Entanglements , Kallemi , Kampire , Let Drum Beat , Melt Yourself Down , Oum , Princess Nokia , Princess Prada , Rajery , Riobamba , Saronde , Shabaka Hutchings , Simo Lagnawi , Simo Lagnawi & Gnawa London , Sudan Archives , Tarabband , Wara
We can’t celebrate and encourage a project like Let Drum Beat enough, not simply because they are a full-female band in a man’s world (the music one), but also because, with their Afro-Brazilian-inspired sound and rhythms and positive attitude, they release such warm and heartening vibes that will inevitably end…
Artists: Let Drum Beat
We’re guilty of rarely venturing too far west in London, but when we do we always live our days up, attending outstanding events and enjoying every minute of it. The 2018 edition of Ealing Jazz Festival was no exception. Despite the blustery weather blowing sand all over Walpole Park and…
Artists: Let Drum Beat , Tony Allen , Vels Trio , Zara Mcfarlane
The most tropical weekend of the year is upon us! So, if you haven’t already, pack your tent, sunscreen and fun appetite, and head for Mount Pleasant Ecological Park. From Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July, Tropical Pressure festival will drop its cargo of Latin, Caribbean, West, East and Central African…
Artists: Afriquoi , Johnny Clarke , Lakuta , Let Drum Beat , Orchestre Les Mangelepa , Soothsayers , Sounspecies , Toto La Momposina , Zara Mcfarlane
Before learning to walk and talk, Luzmira Zerpa was already singing… well, maybe that’s not literally what happened, but since an early age, the woman who would become the voice, cuatro player and relentless energetic drive of Family Atlantica grew up in an environment where listening to, singing and playing…
Artists: Family Atlantica , Luzmira Zerpa
It was a night to remember! Three exciting bands (Lakuta, Native Sun & Family Atlantica Duo) and a funky DJ (DJ Pete from On the Corner Records) for a unique show. Were you there? Recollect your memories and re-experience what happened at Rich Mix with our photo gallery. You missed it?…
Artists: Dj Snuff , Family Atlantica , Lakuta , Luzmira Zerpa , Native Sun , Pete On The Corner
They catch your attention and ears and won’t release them until they have played the last note of their set. That’s how Metá Metá has become one of the most intriguing projects coming from Brazil. They did the same last week, when they exposed their creativity and originality on the…
Artists: Let Drum Beat , Metá Metá
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