![Album Review: Inna de Yard – The Soul of Jamaica [Chapter Two Records, 10th March 2017]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/163755-335x335.jpg)
Reggae was born as an attempt at offering a mass of people tired of pretending to be a rational, liberal, colonial society, a new direction for feeling and human relations and it provided the cement for a new socios (partnership.) Inna de Yard (inside of the yard,) made of reggae...
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These legends of the African music scene have now been touring extensively since their formation 15 years ago, spreading their socio-political message through a heady blend of roots reggae, fused with funky soukous. Having escaped their war-torn country, fleeing to neighbouring Guinea, Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars have gone from strength...
In a world of “acceptable musical nihilism”, Clinton Fearon is a citizen-musician, in the ideal sense of the word. He produces music that goes beyond expressing the sun, mountains, rooms, etc, associated with his native Jamaica (he now lives in Washington State), and instead is a troubadour, open to the...
To be honest we’ve been missing them… It has been quite a while since we have enjoyed seeing Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars and we’ve been longing to reacquaint ourselves with their smiles, upbeat sound, and hopeful, forward-looking messages. Luckily they’re back, even if they had to change the location of...
Are you looking for an anthology of Brazilian music? Don’t try to find it on Amazon or at your nearby record shop… buy a ticket for the next Flavia Coelho gig instead. Because the Brazilianidade oozes from every pore of the carioca singer/songwriter. At Omeara, accompanied by two remarkable music...
![Album Review: Clinton Fearon – This Morning [Chapter Two Records/Wagram Records, 30th September 2016]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cover_this_morning-335x335.jpg)
At age of 66 and with a career spanning almost 50 years, Clinton Fearon could be peacefully considering retirement. But age must apply differently to Jamaican musicians. Just look at Kiddus I (72) and Cedric Myton (70), whose last effort – The Soul of Jamaica: Inna de Yard (Chapter Two)...
In the convivial and cosy confines of Battersea’s Magic Garden pub, reggae legend Dawn Penn made an unassuming entrance, in hat and coat and carrying a large handbag she took to the stage, as her band warmed up before a modest crowd. She began to sing. Her tone was pure...
Only one of the most upbeat cities in the UK could only give birth to one of the most upbeat bands. So be prepared to skank all night on the 3rd of March, because Leeds born-and-bred Gentleman’s Dub Club, are coming to London to perform their biggest headline show ever...
Highlight of the 2016 edition of the London International Arts Festival (LIAF), and one of the most popular and expressive MCs of the UK music scene, Soom T recently brought her urban sound, provocative lyrics, resolute character and Indian background to London’s Rich Mix, for an incendiary gig. We had...
Anybody who has ever felt the joy of being immersed in a live rocksteady reggae gig is urged to get themselves down to the wonderfully eclectic Magic Garden Pub, in Battersea, on February 17th. Often described as a “festival in a pub”, The Magic Garden seems like an excellent choice...
