Here are Radio Mukambo‘s top 22 albums of 2022: ethiogrooves, Afro-Caribbean beats, creole sounds, Mali rock & global bass bring you to Afro-Brazilian beats, afrobeat and reggae/hip-hop in the top 3. Close your eyes and let this music journey bring you to the sounds of Caribbean beaches, African metropoles, Brazilian…

This week Radio Mukambo brings you two albums that came out before the summer but that somehow haven’t made it to the “album of the week”. So here they are: Seven Wisdoms Of Plutonia by Alpacas Collective, Afro-groovers from Leuven, Belgium, and La Ñapa by The Bongo Hop, Afro-Caribbean collective from Lyon,…

Nightshop show for May via Radio Campus Bxl with +3 hours of new global sounds, also broadcasted via Rhythm Passport & Groovalizacion. Our song of the day is by Africa Negra from their recently released 2LP anthology on Bongo Joe. Our albums of the month take us to La Reunion…

Another Rhythm Passport Presents flight is ready to take off from RTM.FM and guide you through a two-hour journey around the world. In the eighth episode of our show, Rhythm Passport will travel from New Zealand to Brazil. Get ready for some of the freshest cumbia, reggae, funk then a…

Out Of Africa – An in-depth trip throughout world music and global beats from an African perspective!! This show is a dedication to my father, who has left this realm in 2011, from Cabo Verde Islands, a music lover, and passionate about the work and message of Bob Marley, who…

Out Of Africa – An in-depth trip throughout world music and global beats from an African perspective!! In this show, we travel deep into the music from Cape Verde Islands, on the west coast of Africa. From the beautiful morna performed by the Queen Cesária Évora, Mayra Andrade, Paulino Vieira,…

It’s been too long I’ve been able to make a podcast, so here’s a playlist with some of the freshest tunes of the past few weeks. Grooves ranging from Afro-Caribbean over Arab-jazz to Afro-Zen, some cumbia, funana and spiritual jazz. Album of the week is “The Buzz and the Bells”,…

Ten years of making radio and 500 podcasts, that’s what Mukambo is celebrating this week. So we have a special program talking you through the very vest albums of those ten years. Get ready for a trans-Atlantic trip going from Africa over Latin America to Europe, and a pan-African ride…

There are small musical miracles around if we are open to going beyond the usual festival circuit. One of them happens every August (since 1996) in Southern Italy. For four days and nights, Ariano Folk Festival enlightens the Campanian town of Ariano Irpino and brings music from all over the world…

An inaugural festival is always going to be packed with risk and suspense, and after the downpour that Friday night experienced, a breath was held in anticipation of Saturday’s events. However, it is with sheer delight I report that the proceedings seemingly went ahead seamlessly. Saturday I have to jump…

To bring the Tropics to Cornwall is as complicated as it sounds, but it’s also extremely gratifying. That’s why Tropical Pressure Festival has become a music lover’s dream (whether they are project workers, volunteers, musicians or festival-goers), and that’s how, every July since 2014, the idyllic Mount Pleasant Eco Park…

We love it when music gives us the opportunity to travel and discover (more or less) hidden secrets, whether they’re in the form of sounds, artists or events. Ariano Folk Festival clearly belongs to the latter category, but every summer it helps us to unearth new inspirations, and we learn…

Returning to leafy Lloyd Park for its sixth year, Walthamstow Garden Party served up an eclectic mix of big names and young performers, bringing together an international line-up for an international crowd. A festival ‘made locally’ and produced by Barbican Centre, Create London and the people of Waltham Forest (declared…

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…

In recent years, Turin has gained quite a reputation in the music world for its electronic/dance-oriented scene, being the host city of Italy’s largest electronic music festival, Club to Club. Nevertheless, the city has much more to offer, with new upcoming events and festivals popping up year after year. One of them is…

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…

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…

It doesn’t happen every day that we get to enjoy a double-bill show celebrating the artistry of two remarkable female musicians. Luckily, we didn’t miss the unique opportunity which happened on stage at the Barbican where we saw two such protagonists in Carleen Anderson and Zara McFarlane. Despite the two…

We’ve partnered with Groovalizacion Radio to 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: TweetSharePin0 Shares

A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to attend one of the highlights of the London’s music calendar: Amadou & Mariam.  The Malian couple delighted the Koko audience presenting their brand new work Bofou Safou and performing an exciting sold-out gig supported by London born-and-bred hip-hop narrator Afrikan Boy. Here’s what we saw and…