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: Radio Mukambo #533 – Top 22 of 2022

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…

Artists: Afro-Zen Allstars , Alpacas Collective , Batida , BKO , Black Flower , Black Jesus Experience , Congotronics International , Dowdelin , Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra , Guts , Gyedu-Blay Ambolley , INSULA , Jembaa Groove , L\'entourloop , Maga Bo , Muyiwa Kunnuji , Osemako , Sahad , The Bongo Hop , The Spy From Cairo , The Togo All Stars , Ti’Kaniki

Podcast: AfroIlluson #1 (with Maga Bo)

We are pretty excited today here at the Rhythm Passport HQ, because directly from Angola, we have the pleasure to welcome and share with you a brand-new podcast series dedicated to the Afro-Luso universe and its far-reaching music. Curated by our “man in Namibe”, DJ Jota P,  AfroIlluson is a…

Artists: Maga Bo

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #522 – Meus Brasis

“Meus Brasis”, my Brasils, not one sound but various sounds, not the typical samba, forró or sambareggae you’re used to, but the sounds of the northeast and the north, and the digital productions of the 21st century. It almost all comes from two albums by two of the greatest ambassadors…

Artists: Alex Figueira , Baianas de Ipioca , Capoeira Soundsystem , Cie Tambor Y Canto , Dj Tahira , Doña Onete , ILU OBA DE MIN , Maga Bo , Renata Rosa , Tahira

Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #7

Rhythm passport holders welcome on board… Time for long weekends trips and Spring breaks and it’s also time for a brand-new journey in sound guided by Rhythm Passport Presents. For the next two hours, here on RTM.FM, we will let you listen to the world music world and its latest…

Artists: Acid Arab , Afrodelic , Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band , Brothers of Brass , Danakil , Etienne de la Sayette , Hazem B , Kabaka International Guitar Band , Koby Israelite , L'Entourloop , La Sonora Mazuren , Lee Scratch Perry , Lingua Terra , Maga Bo , Maria Chiara Argirò , Mdou Moctar , Midnight Runners , Mimis Plessas , Muito Kaballa , Noori and His Dorpa Band , PHELIMUNCASI , Rey Sapienz , Soom T , Stephanie Santiago , The FRIGHTNRS

Visions of Sound – April 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! Watch the full playlist: TweetSharePin0 Shares

Artists: A. Billi Free , Almamegretta , Batida , Bomba Estereo , Branko , Danakil , Deer Scout , Elida Almeida , Ivy Sole , Krak In Dub , La Perla , Maga Bo , Philippe Cohen Solal , Sampa The Great , Soom T , The Lasso , Tremor , Trupa Turpa

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #506 – From Scratch to the World

After last week’s tribute to the great Lee Scratch Perry, several musicians and producers let me know their work is also greatly influences by The Upsetter‘s work. So I did an open call on FB and IG and this is the result, almost two hours of producers and musicians influenced…

Artists: Andres Digital , Black Flower , Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers , Conrad Crystal , Fokus King , Foxy Brown , FurmigaDub , Jallanzo , Kingston Echo , L\'entourloop , Lee Scratch Perry , Luana Flores , Maga Bo , Mental Abstrato , Omar Perry , Paolo Baldini DubFiles , Skarra Mucci

Mukambo Mixtape: Chico Science Vive – Viva o Manguebeat

Tribute to Chico Science, the Brazilian Fela Kuti, godfather of manguebeat. His crossover of Pernambucan traditions like maracatu, coco, ciranda & embolada with ’90s culture (hip-hop, rock) gave birth to a whole new style and movement called manguebeat, the beat of the mangrove. With his tragic death in 1997, the…

Artists: Alafia , Anita Garyballdi , BerraBoi , Chico Science , Criolo , Dj Dolores , Dj Mam , Dj Tahira , Dona Cila do Coco , FurmigaDub , Gaspar Z’Africa Brasil , Maga Bo , Nação Zumbi , oQuadro , Os Nelsons , Radiola Serra Alta , Sacassaia , Samba de Coco Raízes de Arcoverde , SUPERSAN

Album Review: Grupo Bongar + Maga Bo – Macumbadaboa (Kafundó Records; October 2019)

Macumbadaboa, the collaborative release from the afoxe collective Grupo Bongar and music producer DJ Maga Bo is a rootsy and catchy take on African and Brazilian rhythms, steeped in Afro-Brazilian heritage and fused with electronic music. Grupo Bongar are from the Xambá community in the coastal city of Olinda, north-east…

Artists: Gurpo Bongar , Maga Bo