06/12/2021 - 21/12/2021 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Brazilian Winter Warmer
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09/10/2021 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Adriano Adewale: Catapluf's Musical Journey Woolwich Works, London
In this show we go deeper into jazz in its limitless facets and styles, although limited in time but never in space, we dive into spiritual jazz, funky jazz, afrobeat jazz, and afro-cuban jazz. We are one and music is the bridge to Oneness! Music is the glue that connects...
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...
This mixtape was inspired by the rising global trend of organizing forró balls, first in the Southeast of Brazil (São Paulo/Rio), then in the US and Europe. Not exactly the kind of forró I discovered in Pernambuco, at Chimchim da Baiana (Olinda) and such places. Another kind of forró and...
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31/07/2021 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Sounds of the World presents Let Drum Beat + Pumpkin Jigsaw @ Greenwich Royal Park Greenwich Park Bandstand, London
![Album Review: João Selva – Navegar [Underdog Records; April 2021]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/joao-selva-navegar-cover-335x335.jpeg)
João Selva spent years as an unofficial ambassador for traditional Brazilian music, touring as part of an ensemble across the world before settling in France. Yet it was here, meeting and collaborating with French producer Patchworks, that allowed Selva to tap back into the roots of his musical upbringing. The...
‘Reza Forte’ is the first single extracted from BaianaSystem’s new album Navio Pirata. The LP is the first chapter of a three-act project titled OXEAXEEXU exposing the Afro-Latin and Afro-Brazilian connection and reflecting on the experiences the musicians went through the last months, both concerning the pandemic and political situation...