Vamos a Colombia! We always loved the idea of a musical journey, so now more than ever, we would like to take you around the world… with sound. On Saturday, you are all invited to Que Dia Es Hoy? (What Day is Today?) for a one-way trip to South America,...
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Posted by Edna Martinez on Saturday, 9 May 2020 Sanctuary Streaming – Romperayo Soundsystem Romperayo Soundsystem are Colombian tropical folklore adventurers! They revive the South American country traditional and psychedelic repertoire of the 1970s boosting it with electronica and full-tilt rhythms.https://romperayo.bandcamp.com/ Posted by Rhythm Passport on Saturday, 9 May 2020...
It’s nearly the weekend! We’re going to celebrate by sending free musical deliveries to your screen, speakers and headphones. Tomorrow, we will be streaming live back-to-back performances from worldwide musicians and DJs, near and far. You can catch these free jams and DJ-sets all day, from noon (BST time) till...
On the 22nd of March we will sail off to the Mediterranean and far beyond, with Gaia Mobilij, Giuliano Osella and Quimbara. Gaia Mobilij is a musician born and bred in Italy. However, thanks to her perpetual wandering around the world, she explores the sounds of far away cultures including...
Launched in September 2017 by Nepalese musician and good friend of Rhythm Passport Ganga Thapa, Sounds of the World music series has brought to Tramshed in Woolwich scents and notes from all over the world. So, we are thrilled to re-set the events in motion with a musician who has helped...
One Sunday night in Autumn 2018, they turned Hootananny upside down with their frenzied pizzica and taranta rhythms. So, we thought it was time to set the tarantula free and let it bite Brixton once again. On the 26th of April, Amaraterra will liberate into South London all the Mediterranean-scented...
A bit of jazz, tastes of psychedelia, crumbs of folk, spoken word snippets, traces of dub, and drops of blues, all enhanced by the charming sound of the sitar, electronic arrangements and her smooth voice: Shama Rahman’s music is an eclectic and well-tuned harmony of styles and influences, moving from...
On Sunday, come to Hootananny in Brixton to party the leap day away together with the wildest pan-Balkan band in town, Gipsydelica! On the last day of February, we will host the exuberant trio and their intoxicating sound connecting the dots between south-Eastern European traditions and setting them on...
We wanted to start our 2020 at Hootananny with a bang, or better, with a first-rate musician. So, for our first Global Sunday of the year, we thought there was no better way to do that than by inviting a brilliant singer/songwriter who moves between Arabic folk and acoustic rap...

Preview: Kefaya & Elaha Soroor + The Scorpios @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Wednesday 12th February 2020)
We first met Kefaya back in 2015, and we grew fonder and fonder of the London-based band thanks to their full-bodied sound blending Mediterranean and South Asian spicy flavours with elegant and jazzy arrangements. Still, when they released, together with Elaha Soroor, Songs of Our Mothers in September last year,...