The concept of an outdoor jazz festival hardly conjures images of glitter-filled Glastonbury excitement, a young hip crowd and dance-fuelled elation. However, previously exclusive jazz appears to be undergoing a fashion revolution and the grounds of Glynde Place hinted at this. Love Supreme, the UK’s only three-day greenfield jazz festival...
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![Album Review: Retrospective for Love – Random Activities of a Heart [Wormfood Records, 10th March 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/a2873499866_10-335x335.jpg)
Random Activities of a Heart is the debut album of Retrospective for Love, a London-based international neo-soul band active since 2010. Released on 10th March on Wormfood Records — the same label of Afriquoi, to give you a clue — the much-awaited long player follows two EPs that made them...
Erykah Badu is a force who subtly commands the stage with her jazzy voice, enlightened song-writing and empathetic connection. This was a much-anticipated return from the “Queen of Neo Soul” as she played her first London gig in five years (thanks to the work of Neo Luv). The venue was sold...
Don’t worry, we know quite well how do you feel… you had a look at the Boomtown Festival lineup and you’ve been so overwhelmed by names of bands, artists, DJs and stages that you don’t know where to start from. But, don’t sweat it…Rhythm Passport is here for you! Next to...
If you’re already “the biggest indoor jazz festival in the world”, you won’t need many additional words to appeal. However, we can’t help but highlight that North Sea Jazz Festival also offers one of the most diverse and captivating line-ups of the summer. In fact, jazz is only one of...
Snarky Puppy is a sonically charged revolution of intelligent, jazz-inspired funk-infused with a dizzying mix of rip-roaring bombastic rock, easing into edgy, new era classical, melancholic electronic (and perfectly blended) world music; a freshly invented and entirely new genre. Lead by bassist, composer and producer Michael League, the 3* time Grammy...
Last year, the first edition of Borderless festival, closed the London summer season in style with an amazing line-up throughout a two-month span. 2017 promises to be much the same. Even if it will all happen in Spring and will be less broad considering the number or shows (from 14 to...
Dive into 2017’s festival season with one of the year’s funkiest events! On the second weekend of May (12th to 14th), Soundcrash will bring back its Funk & Soul Weekender at Camber Sands Holiday Camp in East Sussex with 40 great acts playing soul, funk, R&B, hip-hop but also electronica, tropical beats and afro-dance....
The Holy Mothership is approaching London. Captained by Dr. Funkenstein a.k.a. George Clinton, the arcane vessel will bring to Earth the full epic spectacle of P-Funk, an orchestral army of unprecedented magnitude, – the legend tells that once a stage collapsed under its weight – including a brass section, several...
Are you looking for the coolest night of the month? Look no further… On the 16th of March, you can enjoy a show like no other, with two interpreters like no others. Will ‘Quantic’ Holland will join “sounds” with Alice Russell for a one-off gig recalling their successful collaborations resulting...