Podcast: Radio Mukambo #535 – Grooving The Way

Radio Mukambo starts with some sunny holiday vibes that are like a soundtrack to my Colombia, followed by afrobeat from Italy & the UK, Igbo highlife from Nigeria and ethiojazz from the Netherlands. The album of the week, Running The Way by Roforofo Jazz is afrobeat/hiphop/jazz from Paris around the American…

Artists: Entoto Band , ERÍN Afrofunk , Ezra Collective , Franz Von , Jeanet , Kokowumba , Max le Daron , Oliver Nayoka , Pata , Pernett , Roforofo Jazz

Event Review: Ezra Collective @ Eventim Apollo (London; Friday, 24th February 2023)

If I were asked to describe Ezra Collective’s London show in one word, I would probably say “joy”. The show was technically sold out twice: originally planned at the O2 Academy Brixton, it eventually took place 24 February at Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith.  The show opens with trumpet player Ife…

Artists: Emeli Sandé , Ezra Collective , Femi Koleoso , Ife Ogunjobi , Kinetika Bloco , TJ Koleoso

Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #17

The first Rhythm Passport Presents of the year is finally out and to start 2023 in style, we seized the opportunity, space and time given us by RTM.FM to do a quick review of 2022 through some of the most interesting albums released in its 365 days We travelled back…

Artists: Anadol , Asake , Bandua , Batida , Combo Chimbita , Dowdelin , Etran de L'Air , Ezra Collective , Horace Andy , Ibibio Sound Machine , iLe , Julmud , Kobo Town , Kokoroko , Kutiman , Lucrecia Dalt , Maga Bo , Meridian Brothers , Nancy Mounir , Nu Genea , Obongjayar , Otoboke Beaver , Oumou Sangare , Rokia Kone , Sarathy Korwar , Souad Massi , The Brother Moves On , The Maghreban , Wau Wau Collective , Wesli

Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #16

For this episode of Rhythm Passport Presents, we tried to compress, squeeze and cram 12 months’ worth of notes, rhythms and sounds from all over the world in roughly 120 minutes. Of course, we had to leave our far too many quality tunes. Still, we tried hard and did our…

Artists: Anadol , Bad Bunny , Bandua , Biga*Ranx , Branko , Burna Boy , Che Sudaka , Dowdelin , El Khat , Ezra Collective , Fanfara Station , Gonora Sounds , Hagan , K.o.g. , Kaleema , Kobo Town , Kottarashky , L\'entourloop , La Fanfarria del Capitan , La Perla , Les Freres Jackfruit , Lova Lova , Maga Bo , Meral Polat Trio , Rasha Nahas , Residente , Rhabdomantic Orchestra , Sarathy Korwar , Sidi Wacho , Soothsayers , TOROZEBU , Yama Warashi

Podcast: Rebel Up Nightshop #101

Songs of the day by Alicia Edelweiss ‘Dreck’ and Ezra Collective on folky and afro funk vibes. 11 albums of the month by Senegalese-Swedish group Wau Wau Collectif, desert psyche folk by Ak’Chamel, Kutiman with chill exotica soul & grooves, Guts with a powerful lineup of african & latin musicians,…

Artists: Ak’chamel , Al-Qasar , Alicia Edelweiss , Alix Pilot , Ezra Collective , Ghizlane Melih , Guts , Kutiman , Linda Ayupuka , Liraz , Lola’s Dice , Maral , Pedro Lima , The Giver Of Illness , Wau Wau Collectif

Visions of Sound – October & November 2022

With Visions of Sound we bring you a 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! TweetSharePin0 Shares

Artists: Blanc Manioc , Chancha Via Circuito , Ezra Collective , Fatoumata Diawara , Gaye Su Akyol , Julieta Venegas , Kottarashky , Kutiman , Lova Lova , Maia Barouh , Matata , Melissa Laveaux , Serara , Sevdaliza , Speech Debelle , Tank And The Bangas , Tiken Jah Fakoly

Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #14

Rhythm Passport holders welcome on board for another round-the-world journey in music. We set off from London riding the RTM.FM waves and for the next two hours we are going to play some of the freshest tunes from the four corners of the world So, sit back, relax and enjoy…

Artists: Browny Pondis , Bosq , Chancha Via Circuito , Daulet Halek , El Khat , Ezra Collective , Hugjiltu , Ikaru , Ivo Nilakreshna , Kottarashky , La Doña , La Sonora Mazuren , Maia Barouh , Mala Fama , Mdou Moctar , New Residential Quarter , Togo All-Stars , Vaqo

Visions of Sound – August & September 2022

Every month, we bring you a 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! TweetSharePin0 Shares

Artists: Amitai Aricha , Antonis Antoniou , Baianasystem , Dada Black Sheep , Dania Neko , Ezra Collective , Gaspar Claus , Hatis Noit , Kobo Town , Las Cafeteras , Logan Farmer , Meteor Airlines , Noraa , Plu con Pla , Space Afrika , Toya Delazy

Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #12

Rhythm Passport holders, welcome back for the first post-holiday episode of Rhythm Passport Presents… on RTM.FM Autumn might be getting closer, still for the next two hours, we will try to get rid and let you forget about all the late-summer saudade and moody feelings with a show brimming with upbeats and…

Artists: Al Fajer , Annà , Balimaya Project , Cerrero , DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson , DOGO du Togo , Dub Inc , Ernesto Djedje , Ezra Collective , Gyedu-Blay Ambolley , Haru Nemuri , Ibibio Sound Machine , Imam Collective , Jambinai , Kaine Sound Band , Klik & Frik , Los Cotopla Boys , Maajo , Maha , Nakury , Oshun , Rabii Harnoune , Russo Passapusso , The Hempolics , Tinariwen , V.B.Kuhl , Vieux Farka Touré

Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #9

Rhythm Passport holders, welcome on board! Despite delays and cancellations, our monthly round-the-world music flight is perfectly on time and ready to take off from RTM.FM So, sit back, relax and enjoy the ninth episode of Rhythm Passport Presents This month we are going to move in the opposite direction,…

Artists: Anadol , AVUA , Bad Bunny , Biga*Ranx , Bocafloja , Cable Street Collective , David Walters , Djam Neguin , Etyen , Ezra Collective , Ferkat Al Ard , Fleur! , Flox , Ghetto Kumbe , Havana Meets Kingston , Kaleema , KMRU , Maia Barouh , Martin Boder , Prisma , Raz and Afla , Salwa Jaradat , Son Rompe Pera , Tamada , TE KAAHU , The Koreatown Oddity , The Super 20 , Thus Owls , Tiken Jah Fakoly , Tinariwen , Vito-Lalinga , WEMA , Wesli

Event Preview: Love Supreme Jazz Festival (Glynde Place, Lewes; Friday 1st July to Sunday 3rd July 2022)


Mud, music and melodies. Festival season is almost upon us again. Here at Rhythm Passport HQ we’ve been digging through the line-ups, and the Love Supreme program has some gems. Held close to Brighton at the beginning of July, expect treats for world music and jazz lovers. With big names…

Artists: Emma-Jean Thackray , Erykah Badu , Ezra Collective , Gregory Porter , Harold Lopez-Nussa , Ife Ogunjobi , Nubya Garcia , Sarathy Korwar , Sister Sledge , Sons Of Kemet , Yessai Karapetian

Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #6 (April 2022)

Rhythm Passport holders…we are in for another journey in sound! For the next two hours, Rhythm Passport Presents will let you travel the world music-world far and wide. We are indeed going to set off from the RTM.FM studio and together we will discover some of the most exciting new releases…

Artists: Bonbon Vodou , Branko , Corina Lawrence , El-far3i , Ezra Collective , FlexFab , Hollie Cook , Jembaa Groove , Ketekalles , Kutiman , Les Freres Jackfruit , Lova Lova , Lucho Gavilanes , Luedji Luna , Maia Barouh , Mista Savona , Namvula , Rasha Nahas , Residente , Rhabdomantic Orchestra , Romane & Gaël , Santi & Tuğçe , Soothsayers , Staples Jr. Singers , Super Yamba Band , TASUTA N-IMAL , The Good Ones

Event Review: Love Supreme Jazz Festival @ Glynde Place (Glynde, Sussex; Friday 5th to Sunday 7th July 2019)

The glorious Love Supreme returned to the prime Sussex pastures of Glynde for its seventh year, and what a return it was. With such a startling array of talent on offer, it was a mighty challenge to stay in one spot for too long for fear of missing out elsewhere….

Artists: Alicia Olatuja , Allysha Joy , Chip Wickham , Dj Khalab , Ezra Collective , Gladys Knight , Gogo Penguin , Jimmy Cliff , Joe Armon-Jones , Lauryn Hill , Mahalia , Nubya Garcia , Sampa The Great , Snarky Puppy , Tank And The Bangas , Tenesha The Wordsmith , The Teskey Brothers , Theon Cross , Yakul

Daily Discovery: Ezra Collective – You Can't Steal My Joy (Glastonbury 2019)

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Artists: Ezra Collective

London Gig Guide (July 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: Afrikan Boy , Afriquoi , Amadou & Mariam , Amira Kheir , Amy True , Blue Lab Beats , Bumi Thomas , Carthnage , Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra , Dj Jigüe , Elpeche , Emicida , Ezra Collective , Fatima , Femi And The Inrhythms , Gianni Denitto , Imperio Bamba , Kamaal Williams , Koroleko Moussa Dembele , La-33 , Lua Preta , Marcelo D2 , Mayra Andrade , Merca Bae , Nané , Naphta , Neneh Cherry , Onra , Renegade Brass Band , Sons Of Kemet , Stella Chiweshe , Tássia Reis , The Blind Boy of Alabam , The Bongo Hop , Xylouris White , Zara Mcfarlane

Event Review: Ezra Collective @ Patterns (Brighton; Wednesday 14th November 2018)

 Every now and then, but not so often as to make you blasé, you can find yourself at a gig that will truly leave you speechless and absolutely quivering with the sheer joy of the experience, such is the level of the musical dynamics on show. This was one such…

Artists: Ezra Collective

Event Review: Love Supreme Festival @ Glynde Place (Glynde, East Sussex; Friday 29th June to Sunday 1st July 2018)

Set in the heart of the Sussex Downs, Love Supreme Festival returned for its 6th year of spreading the gospel of jazz, blues and soul to some 40,000 music lovers. Unless you were the man who told me, bizarrely, that he “doesn’t like virtuosity in music”, you were going to…

Artists: Beat Replacement , Brand New Heavies , Earth Wind & Fire , Elvis Costello , Ezra Collective , Lalah Hathaway , Level 42 , Mavis Staples , MF Robots , Moses Boyd , Nubya Garcia , Steve Winwood , Tony Allen

Album Review: Various Artists – We Out Here [Brownswood Recordings; February 2018]

Colours rise from dark contours as a London jazz renaissance takes form. Feeling both early and late, We Out Here captures the tones of this evolving shape.  Tenor saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings directs the way, bringing together a collection of his most in-demand friends on the new-jazz scene. Familiar names such…

Artists: Ezra Collective , Joe Armon-Jones , Kokoroko , Moses Boyd , Nubya Garcia , Shabaka Hutchings , Theon Cross , TriForce

Review: Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards @ Koko (London, 21st January 2017)

Gilles Peterson has become synonymous with the continued revelation of the latest talents that fuse non-traditional jazz with musical influences from across the world.  This explains why his twelfth annual worldwide awards sold out quickly and why many consider him an ambassador for world music, bringing new global concepts back…

Artists: Acid Arab , Ezra Collective , Gilles Peterson , Jameszoo , Jimetta Rose , Matthew Herbert , Michael Kiwanuka , Noname

Daily Discovery: Ezra Collective London Live Set

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Artists: Ezra Collective