Podcast: Radio Mukambo #516 – Top 21 of 2021

It’s the first week of the year so time to treat you to the best albums of 2021. A global trip that will take you from Colombian Pacific tot a refugee camp in the desert, from adrenaline fuelled jazz to the Beastie Boys making cumbia in the Congo. Ethiogrooves, Latin…

Artists: Ancient Astronauts , Azmari , Bejuco , Cumbiasound , DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Todo Lugar , Echoes of Zoo , Electric Jalaba , Gaspar Z'África , Jallanzo , Jumbo System , Kasai Allstars , Khalab , Lee Fry , Luka Afrobeat Orquesta , M'berra Ensemble , Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble , Oghene Kologbo , Ogun Afrobeat , Oliver Nayoka , Olumo Soundz , Rumble , The Anthronauts , The Selenites Band , Vito-Lalinga

Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #2 (December 2021)

Rhythm Passport holders, welcome to a new round-the-world journey to discover some of the freshest tunes coming from the four corners of the world… In the second episode of Rhythm Passport Present, in collaboration with Thamesmead-based radio RTM.FM, we set things in motion in Japan and in around two hours’ time…

Artists: Anthony Joseph , Carthnage , CIMAFUNK , CK Mann Big Band , Cumbiasound , Dat Garcia , Dj Farrapo , Dubamix , Emmanuel Jal , Etran de L'Air , Franz Von , Go Dugong , Ibeyi , Ìfé , Joe Driscoll & Seckou Kouyate , Kaleema , Kifu Mitsuhashi , Kiko Villamizar , Kiyoshi Yamaya , M.anifest , Mulele Matondo Afrika , Oké , Park Jiha , Sho Madjozi , Small Island Big Song , Spoek Mathambo , Walaa Sbait

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #504 – Heroic Path

This week quite a lot of global afrobeat on Radio Mukambo with Luka Afrobeat Orquesta delivering the album of the week Camino Heroico + Mzee & Femi Koya bringing Fela to the 21st century in South Africa ++ internationally acclaimed Ivorian bass player Manou Gallo covering Lady. We also listen to…

Artists: Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band , Caribombo , Cumbiasound , Dag Tenere , Elida Almeida , L\'entourloop , Luka Afrobeat Orquesta , Manou Gallo , Mzee , Orchestre Les Mangelepa

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #501 – Groove Machine

Radio Mukambo serves a Swedish cumbia band mixing analogue sound with brass and Beastie Boys energy: Cumbiasound‘s debut EP Maquina is our album of the week. We announce Jam’in Jette on tour at FIRM with Daniel Dzidzonu (afrobeat), Azmari (ethiogrooves) coming to Brosella XXS. Furthermore we listen to new afrobeat…

Artists: Àbáse , Azmari , Cumbiasound , Daniel Dzidzonu , DJ Tudo , DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Todo Lugar , Femi Koya , Gaspar Z'África , Krak In Dub , Lee Fry Music , MassaranDub , Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble , Mzee , Natty Campbell , Romperayo , Smile Davis , Tião Carvalho

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #499 – Afro Power Ensemble

Muito Kaballa‘s second album Mamari, the first one with the Power Ensemble, is album of the week on Radio Mukambo. Jazzy afrobeat made in Cologne (Germany). The podcast also serves touareg rock, Brazilian rap, Ghanaian afrofuturism, rubacumbia, French hip-hop, Ethiopian tradition embracing the sound of machines and some heavy dub…

Artists: Cumbiasound , Dag Tenere , Gaspar Z'África , Krak In Dub , Muito Kaballa , Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble , ONIPA , Ozferti , Rumble , Zenzile , Zion Train

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #498 – Hip-Hop Caboclo

Gaspar Z’Africa is the greatest rapper you’ve never heard of! The adept of hip-hop culture from São Paulo went on field trips to the north and northeast in search of Brazilian beats to produce a rap album soaked in the rhythms of the country’s African and indigenous roots. “Hip-Hop Caboclo,…

Artists: Alex Figueira , Amanda Magalhães , Amosi Just A Label , Bagunço , Cumbiasound , Dag Tenere , Gaspar Z'África , Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble , Zenzile , Zion Train

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #483 – One Who Grooves

Azmari is the “one who praises” in Amharic, an Ethiopian singer-musician, comparable to the European bard or the West African griot. The Brussels-based ethiogroove collective is a 21st century version of Azmari, blending African and oriental melodies while providing a fresh take on the ethiojazz sound. Their debut album Samā’ī is…

Artists: Ancient Astronauts , Andre Sampaio , Azmari , Bantu , Boogie Castillo , Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers , Combo X , Cumbiasound , El Gato Negro , Eletrique Zamba , Frikstailers , Gaudi , Lee Fry Music , Lindigo , Lis Flores Varela , Plu con Pla , Victor Rice