It was mid-April when we firstly approached Samah Mustafa to arrange an interview. The Arab Palestinian singer, multi-instrumentalist and music therapist released a new album, titled BALLOOR, only a few months earlier and we wanted to delve a bit into her sound on the edge between the Arabic folk tradition...
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It was meant to happen last year, but we had to wait another 15 months. In any case, they say that good things come to those who wait…then, here we are, more than thrilled and more than ready to finally re-set in motion the Sounds of the World music series...
![Daily Discovery: Caoilfhionn Rose — Truly (Official Video) [Gondwana Records]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/119517hqdefault-335x251.jpg)
‘Truly’ is the latest single extracted from Manchester singer/songwriter Caoilfhionn Rose‘s new album released in April by Gondwana Records: https://caoilfhionnrose.bandcamp.com/album/truly “Truly moves through a tapestry of curious musical inflections; nods towards folk, jazz, ambient, electronica and even a subtle influence of psychedelia, it never stands still to take a breath,...
Bashar Murad is a Palestinian electro-pop singer/songwriter from Jerusalem. ‘Antenne’ is his brand-new single and features rapper and DAM founding member Tamer Nafar. “The two artists join forces in laying the foundations for a new and futuristic reality by switching off and calling for a liberation from the ugly...
Olcay Bayir, a London-based singer-songwriter of Turkish-Kurdish descent, recently released a live rendition of her single ‘Asude’, extracted from her new EP Inside – Icerde. The song features Argentinian guitarist and producer Ignacio Monteverde and Turkish saz virtuoso Murat Sığırcı. “This song is about accepting lost love. ‘Asude’...
The joy and of harmony and collaboration… for her new single ‘Ambè’, Fatoumata Diawara brought together an exceptional all-star all-female group of musicians of African origin or descent for a one-off, non-commercial song available only on YouTube and social media. The tun was composed during the first lockdown when...
Sun Followerr (Lèa Mondo) is a London-based singer/songwriter and guitar player of Congolese origins. Her influences range from Bob Marley to Franco Luambo and Fatoumata Diawara to Oumour Sangare and are fully embodied in her soulful Afro-fusion sound. Lea is currently working on her debut EP, Mwana Mboka,...
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Check out the new single by Accra-based singer/songwriter and MC M3nsa. Talking about the track, the hiplife and Afro-fusion artist explained, “the lyrics for the verses was just me looking for a mantra that allows me to continue ‘going’ when I feel I’ve got nothing else to offer and...