![Album Review: Farhot – Kabul Fire Vol.2 [Kabul Fire Records; January 2021]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/kabul-fire-vol2-cover-335x335.jpeg)
Finding one’s place within a diaspora away from your motherland can be an integral part of self-discovery. This is certainly true of Hamburg-based producer Farhot, who has now followed-up his eight-year-old debut with Kabul Fire Vol. 2 (released via his own label Kabul Fire Records) which explores this part of...
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It’s no secret that the hip-hop scene in Ghana and West Africa at large is more exciting than ever. From the GH hip-hop of the mid-‘90s to today’s nu-school after passing through the hiplife years, the style has made millions of adepts, followers and sales, continually re-shaping itself while always...
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...
If you want to pay tribute to one of the most renowned and influential musicians, you need to do it good and proper, and that’s what Dele Sosimi and music partners staged at the Electric Ballroom for Felabration 2016. The London-based Nigerian keyboard player, accompanied by his orchestra and a...
It goes without saying that the best way to remember and pay tribute to a musician, his music and legacy, is playing his tunes. That’s why every year, every 7th of October, in Lagos, like in Osaka and Reykjavik, it’s Felabration: a day, or better, a night in honour of...
Guy Garvey’s edition of the legendary Meltdown festival brought Femi Kuti to the Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre for a special one-off show. The evening began with talented Tiggs Da Author, South Londoner and songwriter of Tanzanian origins, who warmed up the stage with a selection of his fresh,...
