One of the most genre-defying and erratic (for all the good reasons) acts on the global beats scene is finally doing its UK debut with a three-leg mini-tour which will see them on stage on Saturday in Liverpool (Future Yard), Sunday in Bristol (The Lanes) and finally on Monday in...
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The global music village we all live in has accustomed us to the most peculiar and at times bizarre, cultural brews. Still, discovering and enjoying a Lithuanian trio so passionate and dedicated to cumbia, chicha and tropical sounds doesn’t happen every day. Planeta Polar is indeed such a one-and-only act...
![Event Review: Tootard @ Electrowerkz [London; Thursday 24th March 2022]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/tootard-2-photo-by-jenan-shkeer-335x296.jpg)
Rami and Hasan, the Syrian duo of brothers, have just finished their London show at the exciting and packed Electrowerkz tucked behind the main streets of Angel. As the last notes from the 80s-sounding synths echo out into the crowd, it feels as though the floor could fall through from the...
![Album Review: TootArd – Migrant Birds [Glitterbeat Records; May 2020]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tootard-migrant-birds-335x335.jpg)
Tootard is one of my favourite bands, their combination of Middle Eastern tonalities: the maqqam scales, with Caribbean reggae and western funk and disco – is not only original, but innovative. Migrant Birds is their third studio album, out on the hit churners Glitterbeat Records. The brother duo Hasan and...
La Papessa, her second release (dated 2016), has recently been awarded the Polaris Music Prize for the best Canadian Album of the Year, but if we love Lido Pimienta’s music, it’s for tons of reasons more. As much as her songs, Lido is blunt, engaged, socially aware and an eclectic...
