Tag Archives: Creole
![Daily Discovery: SAODAJ – Koman [Official video]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/123750hqdefault-335x251.jpg)
The Anthronauts is a Swiss “third-generation” afrobeat band, fed by the music of the ancestors Fela Kuti & Tony Allen as well as by the innovations of second-generation bands like Antibalas. Their self-titled debut album (cd of the week) features the South African singer Nongoma Ndlovu and a dubmix by...
A band steeped in societal message, Bokanté strive to bring more awareness to social abstraction and human indifference. Through a cultural exchange and mingling of musical languages, the new group (formed by Snarky Puppy founder Michael League) cover a diverse spectrum of styles. Despite the heavy theme of their lyrics,...
![Album Review: Bokanté and Metropole Orkest – What Heat [Real World Records; 28th September 2018]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bokante-what-heat-335x335.jpg)
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Album Review: Bokanté and Metropole Orkest – What Heat [Real World Records; 28th September 2018]
Two hot, Grammy award-winning jazz outfits – Bokanté (founded by Michael League of the multicultural New York-based group Snarky Puppy) and Metropole Orkest (the jazz and pop orchestra whose chief conductor Jules Buckley had previously collaborated with Snarky Puppy in 2016) – released What Heat on 28th September 2018 for...
We naturally and inevitably grow fond of strong and intriguing musicians, even more, when they love to smile and play rhythmic and shiny music. That’s why we have a thing for Mélissa Laveaux and her Creole sound, rooted in Haitian culture but currently residing in Canada with her wide-ranging and sharp...
![Album Review: Bokanté – Strange Circles [GroundUP Music; September 2017]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/bokante-335x335.png)
Bokanté, the pop-up band debuted by New York-based jazz band Snarky Puppy founder Michael League, have just put out their first fusion pop-oriented album on GroundUP Music. The project, which name means ‘exchange’ in Creole, brings together a showcase of artists from varying sides of the globe, including lead vocalist...
