“El Hal” is the feeling that comes when playing music, forgetting where you are. The feeling of being grabbed by the music and lost in the groove. A title that says it all about the third album from the London/Moroccan collective Electric Jalaba around Moroccan-born singer and guimbri player Simo...
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Check out ‘Dance Around Bullets‘, the second single extracted from Breakout, the upcoming album by Belgian Afro-groove and psychedelic jazz band Echoes of Zoo, out on March 5th 2021 on W.E.R.F. Records. You can find more info here: https://werfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/breakout
The first podcast of 2021 announces some exciting albums coming out in the first half of the year. Going from global afrobeat from Brazil over Chile to Japan, a few promising Belgian releases to the newest NYP Records compilation presenting Tropical Beats. By the end of the podcast, we dig...
Global lockdown or not, the groove must go on! Are we machines that can just be shut up and locked down? Onipa gives us the answer on their debut album, cd of the week on Radio Mukambo. From Ghana to London, Onipa (“human” in the Ashanti language) brings energy, groove,...
It doesn’t happen everyday that online music platforms champion the cause of musicians, but Bandcamp has showed us, more than once, to be different from the vast majority of music platforms. Today (until 11.59PM Pacific Time), to support all the artists affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland-based company will...
We are huge fans of Afrikan Boy here at Rhythm Passport. So much so, that every time the South London musician parties in his hometown you will find us in the front row. That’s what will also happen at Hootananny on Friday the 6th of March, when the Global Beats...
On Thursday 25th October, Mokoomba came all the way from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe to play to a rather diverse crowd at St Mary’s Church, Walthamstow. The night began with myself and my friend exhausted from work, sat slumped on one of the church pews lined with bibles near the...
This show promises five acts for one impressive night at Stour Space on 9th September. If you want to hear, dance and know where African and Latin music are heading, you mustn’t to miss this show! DJ Khalab, Bustin’ Loose, Magnus P.I and Pete, founder of intriguing label On the...
