During a trip to Ethiopia, pianist and composer Daniel Moreau was inspired by the sounds he heard at “Timkat”, the mystical festival that gives title to our cd of the week, an encounter between the French ethiojazz band Ethioda and rapper Mac Singe. Radio Mukambo also serves Brazilian afrobeat, a...
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The father of Ethio-jazz Mulatu Astatke joins forces with Melbourne-based Black Jesus Experience to deliver a delicious encounter of Ethiopian melodies with hip-hop-infused jazz and funk grooves on To Know Without Knowing, our cd of the week out on Agogo Records. Radio Mukambo also serves new stuff from Ethioda (French...
![Album Review: The Sorcerers – In Search of The Lost City of The Monkey God [ATA Records; January 2020]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sorcerers-335x335.jpg)
Jazz music has a long and fruitful relationship with the world of cinematography. Since the advent of sound-on-film, enterprising directors have recruited from a pantheon of jazz virtuosos to provide fittingly atmospheric scores for iconic feature films. From the timeless works of Duke Ellington and Henri Mancini to John Coltrane...
![Album Review: Hailu Mergia – Yene Mircha [Awesome Tapes From Africa; March 2020]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/hailu-mergia-yene-mircha-cover-335x335.jpg)
The man with the Moog is back when we needed him most. Following his acclaimed 2018 release Lala Belu, the unassuming elder of Ethiopian music Hailu Mergia returns with his soothing synths for Yene Mircha which translates from Amharic as `My Choice’. Ever since Buena Vista Social Club and (before) we’ve...
It doesn’t happen everyday that online music platforms champion the cause of musicians, but Bandcamp has showed us, more than once, to be different from the vast majority of music platforms. Today (until 11.59PM Pacific Time), to support all the artists affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oakland-based company will...
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...
Before Mulatu Astate came to the scene in the late 60s, Ethio-jazz hadn’t yet surfaced. Combining the pentatonic system of Ethiopian church music and the twelve notes of Jazz, he fuses a perfect marriage between the two genres. On the 17th and 18th of December he will be gracing the...
Preview of the album: This Album is no longer available however if you want to receive exclusive access to a free album like this each month just sign up to our monthly newsletter by filling in the form below: [chimpy_form forms=”1] Track List: 1. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Control [from Control; Mr...
More than simply a gig, what will take place on stage at the Barbican Centre on Thursday 5th October will be a good and proper gala; a party in honour of a band (and its latest album) perfectly embodying the musical soul of London, bringing together styles, traditions and cultures,...
![Album Review: Hackney Colliery Band – Collaborations Vol.1 [June 2019]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/hackney-colliery-band-collaborations-cover-335x335.jpg)
The East London collective Hackney Colliery Band do not disappoint in their latest release Collaborations: Volume One, which has them collaborating (duh?) with the likes of James Taylor, Dennis Rollins, and Angélique Kidjo. The album bends, sways and occasionally does a 180 just to keep you on your toes. The...
