Welcome to the mystic depths of Mexican music, where vintage cumbia intertwines itself with psychedelia, electronica, boogaloo and chicha, which sprout up into a visionary and mesmerising sound. Sonido Gallo Negro, a nine-piece combo from Mexico City, is undoubtedly one of the most successful and imaginative bands to emerge from...
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We’re almost there, just a few more days and La Linea Festival will “Latinise” London once again. With its 2018 edition, the music series, organized by ¡Como No! will reach its coming of age: 18 years dedicated to supporting, celebrating and spreading Latin music around London. It will keep on fulfilling its...
![Album Review: Boogát – San Cristóbal Baile Inn [Label Maisonette, October 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/boogat-335x335.jpg)
Boogát’s new album, San Cristobal Baile Inn (Label Maisonette), is a very danceable, cumbia, hip-hop, and electronic-infused journey through his dual identity as a Canadian/Mexican artist. With his blistering third album, the Juno award-winning artist reflects on his journey to explore his Mexican roots and dedicates it to San Cristobal,...
Preview of the album: Track List: 1. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 feat. Carlos Santana – Black Times (Strut Records) 00:00 – 04:51 2. Antibalas – Hook & Crook (Daptone Records) 04:52 – 13:39 3. Boogát feat. Niña Dioz – Tanto Tattoo (Maisonette Music) 13:40 – 16:10 4. Ninos du...
![Album Review: Boogat – Neo-Reconquista [Maisonette Music, 5th May 2015 / 28th March 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/boogat2-335x335.jpg)
Straight out of Canada is Neo-Reconquista, an album (recently re-released in Europe) of Spanish-language big band hip-hop, all rap to the tune of simplistic but well executed instrument playing. Boogat is the MCs name, and protest (but also orchestra music) mostly the game, produced to feel infinitely liberating, music for...
![Interview: Las Cafeteras [April 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cafeteras-final-357-copy-1024x683-335x223.jpg)
There is a time proven bond between music and reincarnation, of birth and rebirth, and of historical ancestry (Aztec soldiers, for example; who died in battle, were thought to be reincarnated into hummingbirds.) With jarana, requinto jarocho, zapateado, tarima, quijada, and several other instruments, Las Cafeteras, a band of six,...
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...
As you probably have already understood, we genuinely love Orkesta Mendoza sound… So we made our way upstream and tried to understand where their artistic inspiration comes from. We asked Sergio Mendoza (the banda leader) to reveal to us some of his music influences and most-beloved tunes and the following playlist represents,...
In a month’s time, on the 21st of April, London will be blown away by the sound of Orkesta Mendoza. Rich Mix and La Linea 2017 will be hosting the first date of the band’s UK tour and its energetic vibes built on a Pan-American repertoire that welcomes Latin American styles and...
As a matter of fact, Jenny Ball comes from London but lost any British characteristics years ago, when she embraced her own hearty Spanish hearty, energetic Latin approach to music and an all-inclusive perspective of life. On Saturday, she’s back in her hometown, on the Forge stage, to perform with...