Check out the new single by Accra-based singer/songwriter and MC M3nsa. Talking about the track, the hiplife and Afro-fusion artist explained, “the lyrics for the verses was just me looking for a mantra that allows me to continue ‘going’ when I feel I’ve got nothing else to offer and...
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New York-based Malagasy singer/songwriter Niu Raza recently released a “dance visual” for her single ‘Reko’ part of her latest album Mm-hmm. The work, shot by Hobiana Rabiazamaholy and choreographed Alisson Myrea, is an “ode to Malagasy women’s strength, beauty and talent“.
Ghanaian singer/songwriter and rapper M.anifest joined forces with Chicago-based rapper Vic Mensa and afro-pop singer Moliy to release his first single of the year titled ‘No Fear’. More info here: https://lnk.to/MDotNoFear
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:
Beninese singer/songwriter Angelique Kidjo has recently joined forces once again with Nigerian musician Yemi Alade to give life to a new single inspired by the #ENDSARS movement rallying across Nigeria: https://angeliquekidjo.lnk.to/Dignity The song is dedicated to the ones who lost their life in the demonstrations against police brutality in the...
The new episode of Rendez-Vous à Bobo is a rendez-vous “from the archives” with the late great Hugh Masekela. Lucas Keen interviewed Masekela back in 2006, when he was just starting out in radio. Featured album of the month is Indaba Is out now on Brownswood Records + Some well known and...
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:
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:
There are some performers that we have the pleasure of seeing on stage who bewitch, beguile and bewilder with their exuberance, their talent and their sheer ability to put on a show. Fatoumata Diawara is one such artist. Born in Ivory Coast to Malian parents and now living in France,...
We start the Rhythm Passport On Air year with a bang! For the first episode of 2020, we hosted and interviewed a gifted musician, tireless activist and extraordinary woman, Fatoumata Diawara. In light of her upcoming London show at the Roundhouse (on the 30th of January, part of In the Round...