It’s Springtime, and there’s no Springtime without the Latin vibes brought to London by La Linea. Since 2001, the celebrated festival, organised by ¡Como no! has enhanced the London musical calendar for more than a week, updating British audiences on what is happening in the Spanish, South and Latin American...
Tag Archives: Colombia
![Album Review: La Mambanegra – El Callegüeso Y Su Mala Maña [Movimientos Records, 3rd March 2017]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/a3714027671_16-335x335.jpg)
With his characteristic hat and sunglasses comes El Callegüeso (Jacobo Vélez) and his ‘Colombian Break Salsa’. This new release further advances La Mambanegra’s style, featuring a diverse range of artists, along with Colombian orchestral support. A mixture of elements (Latin jazz, rap, bomba style, choruses, solos, tumbaos and ballad) combine...
In a gig that oozed class and revitalised my Sunday, Sidestepper brought the verve of late night Candelaria to a thoroughly impressed Dalston. I rarely buy the shirt, but these guys earned my indulgence at Echoes last week. At 7:15pm I descended the stairs of this new East London musical...
If the British Summer is hesitating to make its appearance, let’s enjoy the Colombian one. From the 14th of July at Larmer Tree Festival to the 31st with their gig at Port Eliot Festival (including stop-overs at WOMAD, Latitude, Tropical Pressure & London Village Underground), Sidestepper will warm your soul and...
They have waited for years, but finally Carlos Vives’ UK fans can celebrate and irse de farra: the eagerly anticipated show of the pop Latino hero is nearly upon us. In fact, the Colombian music star will play not just one, but two gigs in London in less than two-weeks...
![Album Review: M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Mezcla [Glitterbeat Records, 27th May 2016]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/maku-sound-system-mezcla-2400-335x335.jpg)
When we think of music from the heart, of unified voices that sing from the spirit, of souls in search of their roots and identity, we think of M.A.K.U. Soundsystem. “We’re that mixture, inescapable mixture” the group rightfully claims. With vibrating grooves and frantic afro-beats, the indigenous life experiences of...
![Album Review: La Mambanegra – La Galeria [Afropicks, 21st January 2016]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/12548885_728731533924299_3410603655503218173_n-335x335.jpg)
La Mambanegra, the excellent Colombian dance orchestra is on a mission to, “bring a new concept of salsa and Latin music to the world.” Colombia is the birthplace of the now infamous cumbia that made its way up the Magdalena River to receive an almost mythical status as a musical...
Back in 2009 there was a big music conference like Womex in Bogotà. There I met a guy called Bernard Batzen, who was also Mano Negra and Manu Chao’s manager – an experienced statesman in the world music sphere. He had travelled to Bogotà, participated in the conference, and then...
