Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #20

Rhythm Passport holders fasten your seatbelt because we are ready to roll with another episode of Rhythm Passport Presents. From the RTM.FM airwaves field, we will take off for our usual journey around the world music world listening to some of its freshest releases So, sit back, relax and enjoy…

Artists: Adekunle Gold , African Head Charge , Ammar 808 , Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band , Ballaké Cissoko , Batida , Bcuc , Black Market Brass , Cicada , DJ Black Low , EABS , Ekiti Sound , Giant Walking Robots , Humazapas , Il Mario , Inna de Yard , Isabela Moraes , Islandman , Jah Man desde Buenaventura , Jaubi , Jina0king , King Wellington , Kutiman , Mc Yallah , Munif , Nico Losada , NIWA , Samuele Strufaldi , Sarathy Korwar , schroothoop , Zuco 103

Daily Discovery: BCUC – Ntuthwane

BCUC, a seven-piece band from Soweto, South Africa, is set to release their first full-length album titled Millions of Us on the 2nd of June via On The Corner Records. The album was recorded in their hometown and produced by Sam Jones, showcasing their signature mix of indigenous Zulu music,…

Artists: Bcuc

Event Review & Gallery: Boomtown Chapter One – The Gathering @ Matterley Estate (Winchester; Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th August 2022)

One of the world’s most eclectic parties returns post covid with a re-launched ethos, providing a party more popular than ever.  We are all familiar with the conceptual storyline that follows each year of Boomtown, this time focusing on the idea of coming together and ‘gathering’ after a great time apart,…

Artists: Arrested Development , Bcuc , Born on Road , De La Soul , Gentleman's Dub Club , Henge , Moonchild Sanelly , Pav4n , Ruby Confue’s Seven Deadly Sins Soul , The Skints

Event Review & Gallery: We Out Here Festival (Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire; Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th August 2022)

‘Dance yourself free’ became the anthem of this years’ festival. Words sung from the main stage, through a swarm of silk outfits, bright colours and distorted horns. Abbots Ripton became home to both seasoned and newer artists showcasing their latest creativity.  This year We Out Here festival drew a big audience. Where…

Artists: Bcuc , cktrl , Kahil El’Zabar Quartet , Pharoah Sanders , Secret Night Gang , TC & The Groove Family , The Comet Is Coming

Event Review + Gallery: Tropical Pressure @ Mt. Pleasant Eco Park (Porthtowan, Cornwall; Friday 15th To Sunday 17th July 2022)

Sunsets, swimming and sound systems. Tropical Pressure, set on a cliff on the coast of Cornwall, returned after a covid hiatus in full blossom. This year the ecologically ethical festival managed to supply a wholesome, colourful and conscious curation of diverse music celebrating many musical traditions. Spread out across 4…

Artists: Bcuc , CubAfrobeat , Dele Sosimi , DJ FIFI , Hailu Mergia , Kiko Bun , Kishon Khan , La Cumbia Chicharra , Matondology , Mulele Matondo , Prince Fatty , Stunflower , The Mauskovic Dance Band , Village Cuts , Yeamanjo

Event Review: WOMAD Festival @ Charlton Park (Malmesbury, Wiltshire; Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st July 2022)

After a 3 year wait, and returning on its 40th anniversary, to say there was anticipation around Womad ’22 would be a vast understatement. The line-up played it safe in some respects, with old favourites looming large; but there were bright spots of new musical energy, hungrily met by pent-up…

Artists: Al-Qasar , Alostmen , Bab L’Bluz , Bcuc , Comorian , Electric Jalaba , Fantastic Negrito , Folknery , Fulu Miziki Kolektiv , Gwenifer Raymond , K.o.g. , Osibisa , Peter Gabriel , Simo Lagnawi , Son Rompe Pera , The Mauskovic Dance Band , Yazz Ahmed

Event Preview: We Out Here Festival (Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire; Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th August 2022)


Gilles Peterson, renowned explorer of lesser publicised but ground-breaking and tasty music, is back with his festival We Out Here. Curated by Peterson himself, it will be hosted at the end of August in beautiful Cambridgeshire fields around a wild lake. It’s a place to discover new music and celebrate…

Artists: Azymuth , Bcuc , Emma-Jean Thackray , Gilles Peterson , Secret Night Gang , Zoe’s Shanghai

Event Preview: BCUC @ Kings Place (London; Thursday 21st July 2022)

Oh yes, we missed them so much! Three years without their overwhelming energy, magnetising stage presence and of course, gripping sound, and we were already feeling a bit lost. But that’s what BCUC is about, and to attend one of their performances, just standing or going wild under the stage…

Artists: Bcuc

Event Preview: Tropical Pressure @ Mt. Pleasant Eco Park (Porthtowan, Cornwall; Friday 15th to Sunday 17th July 2022)

Bright, sunny, sustainable and intimate: After a two year COVID hiatus, our favourite intimate festival returns for another year dancing in nature with world renowned acts and DJs. Unlike most festivals, the line-up is carefully curated to celebrate music from Latin America on the Friday, music from Africa on Saturday…

Artists: Bcuc , Kiko Bun , The Mauskovic Dance Band

Playlist: London Remixed Virtual Festival 2021 (Online; Friday 26th & Saturday 27th March 2021)

This might be one of the rare – actually extremely rare – occasions when you can forget to damn the lockdowns and Covid-19 regulations and instead bless the fact that you’re going to spend another weekend at home, possibly staring at a screen and having to turn your living room/bedroom…

Artists: Amrit Kaur , Bcuc , Bobby Friction Fake News Orchestra , Brass Rave Unit , Buffo's Wake , Chris Tofu , Dana Immanuel , Dengue Dengue Dengue , El Leopardo , Electric Jalaba , Eternal Taal , Frente Cumbiero , Full Tilt Collective , Ghetto Funk Allstars , Horsepowar , K.o.g. , Khanvict , La Perla , Ngaio , Panther Panther , Prabh Deep , Shia Rak , Telukah

London Gig Guide (June 2019)

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: Aar Manta , Afrikan Boy , Ayanna Witter-Johnson , Bcuc , Carleen Anderson , Dj Khalab , Femina , Guts , Isaac Birituro , Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon , Jambinai , Judi Jackson , Killah Priest , Kodjovi Kush & Afrospot Orchesta , Nicola Cruz , Nuri , Reginald Omas Mamode lV , Sama , Shkoon , Simo Lagnawi , Skabba , Tarantola , Tenesha The Wordsmith , Terri Walker , The Rolling Shakers , TootArd , Yolanda Brown

Event Review: WOMAD UK 2018 @ Charlton Park (Malmesbury; Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th July 2018)

The sun is shining as people from all corners of the globe – including artists from six continents and fifty countries – come together for this year’s eclectic celebration of world music and dance culture. Families, friends and couples of all ages erect tents, blow up mattresses and boil water…

Artists: Abatwa , Amadou and Mariam , Bcuc , Bollywood Brass Band , Gilles Peterson , Hanggai , Hashmat Sultana , Havana Meets Kingston , Herbaliser , Ian Brennan , K.o.g. And The Zongo Brigade , Ken Boothe , Kokoko! , LADAMA , Leftfield , Maalem Hamid El Kasri , Macka B. , Meklit , My Baby , Orchestre Les Mangelepa , Owiny Sigoma Soundsystem , Rafiki Jazz , Rodney P , Seby Ntege , Tal National , Thievery Corporation , Too Many Zooz

Interview: BCUC – Music to Experience (April 2018)

Paraphrasing the words said by their frontman Jovi Nkosi at the end of their recent London’s show on the Rich Mix stage, BCUC is a band you don’t have to listen to, but to experience. The Soweto ensemble, one of the most striking music projects coming from South Africa in…

Artists: Bcuc