At times, we ask the Rhythm Passport family some cruel tasks. For example, to musically retrace their 2010s and pick only five albums among the hundreds (or thousands) they have listened, loved and/or felt particularly important considering the world music world. Click on the names below and you will meet...
Tag Archives: Daymé Arocena
If you can stand out in an extraordinary music scene like the Cuban one, it means that you are worth it. And when you first listen to Daymé Arocena’s voice, you completely understand why she fully deserves to be considered one of the most exciting new acts in Cuban music...
At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some...
Getting excited about the festival season entering into its hottest month? Looking forward to sunbathing under the Croatian or Portuguese sun? We don’t blame you, but don’t underrate what’s happening in London! Throughout the first two weeks of July, Innervisions Festival will indeed bring to the British Capital some tempting...
View Groovalizacion Radio bio here Bounty Radio – The Glow The Glow is named after the spectacular neon glow of bioluminescent plankton who turn coastlines at night into an almost club-like space. With its tribal and organic ingredients fused with slow and sexy elements from hip-hop, tropical bass, zouk bass, nueva...
We thought about songs, but we couldn’t avoid doing justice to albums too and pointing out what excited us most in 2017. We decided to limit ourselves to 10 LPs already featured on Rhythm Passport, plus some more “personal” recommendations. …and even though people are saying that they don’t make music...
In times of end-of-year charts, top ten lists, ‘top of’ and ‘best of’, we’ve preferred to keep things as inclusive and smooth as possible, so we have simply “listened back” to 2017 and summed up what our speakers, headphones and earphones have played the most. Enjoy our 2017 in music...
Heading to Womad or maybe you are already strolling along Charlton Park green, good and ready to enjoy the world music festival par excellence? We have something for you…We went through the music treasure trove that is Womad 2017’s line up and picked 20 acts you shouldn’t miss. From Thursday to Sunday, Open...
We’ve partnered with Mundo FM Collective to bring you a monthly collection of the best world music-related videos and documentary teasers. That’s our way to give value to too often overlooked, rich and diverse artistic expressions. Listen with your eyes! Watch the full playlist:
![Daymé Arocena – Cubafonia [Brownswood Recordings, 10th March 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dayme-arocena-cubafonia-335x335.jpg)
Caribbean societies are often subject to a certain gaze, in search of exotica. The cultural region’s best musicians are those who break with fulfilling the expectations of such a gaze, and produce music rooted in artistry. Daymé Arocena is such a musician, and with Cubafonia, invites us into the realm...