Thank God for Brazil, that land, full of artists who believe in there being splendour in their differences, producing music that is the stuff of mythology. First came samba, then samba grew into bossa nova, samba cancao, tropicalia, samba torta, add a hip-hop flavour, and we start to get an...
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It happens many times, too many to be honest… Some of the most influential and genre-defining bands are also some of the most overlooked, only ever celebrated by industry insiders and professionals. That’s the case for a Paris-based project that came to light in the early-70s and still provides inspiration...
The death of David Bowie last January was met with grief throughout the musical community worldwide. From a marketing perspective though, it meant big money. Countless tributes took place, and the demand (and supply) of everything Bowie related skyrocketed. In the same week, his last album Blackstar debuted at #1, nine of Bowie’s previously...
No place in the world more than London is deserving of a place of honour in paying tribute to the artistic heritage of the late, great David Bowie. After his death In January 2016, thousands flocked to Brixton to leave flowers next to the mural portraying his adored alien persona...
Are you looking for an anthology of Brazilian music? Don’t try to find it on Amazon or at your nearby record shop… buy a ticket for the next Flavia Coelho gig instead. Because the Brazilianidade oozes from every pore of the carioca singer/songwriter. At Omeara, accompanied by two remarkable music...
![Album Review: Gilles Peterson Presents Sonzeira – Tam… Tam… Tam…! Reimagined [Brownswood Recordings – July 15, 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/a0234754268_10-335x335.jpg)
Tam Tam Tam Reimagined, well, reimagines a classic Brazilian music, from Jose Prates’ Tam Tam Tam, into the second volume of Gilles Peterson’s Sonzeira project (the first release was Bam Bam Bam.) The original Tam Tam Tam was an album of lively drumbeating, band playing, and singing, that sounds like...
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Let’s clear all sort of doubts from the beginning; Miramundo and their self-titled debut album could only come from the cultural fabric of a city like Barcelona. They are the perfect embodiment of the lively and colourful, but also absorbed in its local dimension music scene of the Catalonian capital....
Singer, songwriter, guitarist and one of the most beloved artists of the Música Popular Brasileira scene. That’s because Maria Gadú is also one of the most sensitive interpreters of that scene. On Sunday, at the Barbican, next to presenting her new album Guelã to the British audience, the artist from...
Three albums and dozens of noteworthy collaborations have helped Tulipa Ruiz to become one of the most recognised and acclaimed voices on the Brazilian music scene. Back in 2010, the singer/songwriter from São Paulo brilliantly dealt with unexpected popularity and excited critics, showing charisma to sell her resolute personality. These...
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“Jump above the sky, inside your eyes”. This is Luísa Maita’s enticing invitation as she provocatively chants the last words of her second album titled Fio Da Memória and released by Cumbancha. Maíta wants us to know that this is not a record for conformists willing to digest her songs at face value....
