This year’s editions of Womex and Exib Musica have offered us plenty of beautiful little musical surprises. One of them, one of the most inspired and vivid ones, is Aguamadera, a project founded in 2015 by Argentinian Maria Cabral and Marco Grancelli re-discovering, making its own and re-interpreting the kaleidoscopic soul...
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![Daily Discovery: Quetzal – El perdón (Forgiveness); [Official Audio]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/117667hqdefault-335x251.jpg)
‘El Perdón (Forgiveness)’ is the second single extracted from Los Angeles-based chicano band Quetzal‘s new album Puentes Sonoros, out on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. “On Puentes Sonoros (Sonic Bridges), the Grammy-winning East L.A. band Quetzal crosses physical and stylistic borders to create an album of songs imbued with inventiveness”. Find out more here:...
It might not be the same as enjoying their set under a stage, dancing to and experiencing first-hand their visionary Afro-Latin percussion-led sound, but you can still make the most of and revel in Penya‘s dreamy and inspiring vibes in our current locked down times. How? For example, attending, wherever...
On 28th June, On the Corner Records will take over Folklore in Hackney to host two of the most intriguing names on their roster. We are talking about Khalab and Tenesha The Wordsmith, two artists who, in their very own way, fully embody the spirit of the label, bringing forward...
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...
![Album Review: Giuliano Gabriele – Madre (The Hypnotic Dance’s Time) [iCompany, 2015]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/giulianogabriele1-335x302.jpg)
Madre (“mother” in Italian) is the second album by Italo-French artist Giuliano Gabriele, one of the leading figures of today’s Italian folk music renaissance. Madre is much more than a folk album though. It is rock, progressive, jazz; it is an experimental and contemporary take on old, long-standing musical traditions. The album...
Next weekend, The Forge will go full Argentinian! In fact, on the 21st and 22nd of May, the Camden venue will host some fine South American musicians and some of the most popular aspects of their music tradition. Guillermo Rozenthuler, Franco Luciani, Cecilia Suarez-Paz, Duettango and Minino Garay will display...
