In a world of “acceptable musical nihilism”, Clinton Fearon is a citizen-musician, in the ideal sense of the word. He produces music that goes beyond expressing the sun, mountains, rooms, etc, associated with his native Jamaica (he now lives in Washington State), and instead is a troubadour, open to the...
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![Album Review: ÌFÉ – IIII + IIII [Discos Ifà – 31st March 2017]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/a3627371939_16-335x335.jpg)
There is an ancient city in south-west Nigeria named Ifè, the origins of which were sown by the seed of a palm tree planted by the god Oduduwa – an ancient Yoruba myth tells. ÌFÉ is also the name of the latest project of Mark Underwood, aka Otura Mun (whom we interviewed one year...
If London had its own soundtrack, it would have to include a Native Sun tune. The duo composed of Mohammed Yahya & Sarina Leah are one of the most truthful musical portrayals of the British capital, gathering together an all-embracing influence, ranging from South-East Africa to the Caribbean islands and mirroring the...
![Album Review: Clinton Fearon – This Morning [Chapter Two Records/Wagram Records, 30th September 2016]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cover_this_morning-335x335.jpg)
At age of 66 and with a career spanning almost 50 years, Clinton Fearon could be peacefully considering retirement. But age must apply differently to Jamaican musicians. Just look at Kiddus I (72) and Cedric Myton (70), whose last effort – The Soul of Jamaica: Inna de Yard (Chapter Two)...
If you are mad about rumba and mambo, come bump and grind your way into the Barbican to be moved by the grooves of son and guaracha, and to sing bolero. Roberto Fonseca (pianist, band leader, and very much part of a younger generation of new Latin jazz musicians) is...
In the convivial and cosy confines of Battersea’s Magic Garden pub, reggae legend Dawn Penn made an unassuming entrance, in hat and coat and carrying a large handbag she took to the stage, as her band warmed up before a modest crowd. She began to sing. Her tone was pure...
Calling out a beaming welcome to the ambassador of Honduras, Aurelio gently filled the room with his unique equatorial style, set against swelling stringed harmonies. Joined not only by their country roots, Aurelio also shares common prestige with his political friend for his standing within the Garifuna community, and for...
![Album Review: Shadow – Sweet Sweet Dreams [Analog Africa, 10th December 2016]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/a1015998077_10-335x335.jpg)
Sweet Sweet Dreams begins with clarity: “we gonna have a party,” put plain and simply; five words that manifest Trinidadian Shadow’s soca, party here being both a metaphor for social and cultural prosperity, and what the world means in the everyday. There is beauty to lyrical simplicity, isn’t there? Slogans...
![Album Review: Gilles Peterson: Havana Cultura Anthology [Brownswood Recordings, 2nd December 2016]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/a2290789108_10-335x335.jpg)
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Album Review: Gilles Peterson: Havana Cultura Anthology [Brownswood Recordings, 2nd December 2016]
This is the ‘anthology’ of modern Cuban music that embodies the diversity of a new generation of artists beyond the Buena Vista Social Club legacy. This is also the ‘anthology’ that embraces a good number of Afro-Caribbean rhythms – son, salsa, reggaeton, hip-hop, Latin jazz, among many others – linked...
There’s no better way to start organising and running events than with artists that you deeply and sincerely admire. That’s why we are simply thrilled to announce that, in partnership with Movimientos, we are giving you the opportunity to enjoy an exclusive performance of Aurelio Martinez and Juanita Euka at Rich Mix on the 1st...
