Mark your calendars for Babel Music XP. After a 2 years hiatus, the 2023 edition of the event is about to kick off in Marseille next week, from March 23-26. This long weekend of showcases and conferences will present the latest vibes from the world music world, featuring emerging talent from...
Tag Archives: World Music
Good music is meant to be shared and since we receive tons of it on a monthly, weekly, daily and even hourly basis, we always look for new ways to let you listen to, enjoy and experience it with us. So, we have decided that it is time to dust...
And after having touched the UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, now it’s the turn of South Asia. The April appointment with Arsenal of Sounds, our “first Friday of the month” series supported by Arts Council England and going on stage at Woolwich Works, brings us to Bangladesh and...
Rhythm Passport holders, welcome on board for another two-hour long journey in music From the RTM.FM runway, we are ready to take off with the February episode of Rhythm Passport Presents and for once, we will point our antennas towards a music region instead of our usual round-the-world adventure We...
New Nightshop show for February online, with songs of the day from Brussels/Morocco and Mauritius island. 12 albums of the month, starting with the compilation Padang Moonrise set in 1950’s Indonesia, followed by the lost album of Mauritanian family group Ahl Nana in desert traditional vibes, desert rock from Niger...
The February 2023 edition of Switchstance Radio presents new music by Sampa The Great, HIHEME, Seun Kuti & Black Thoughts, Monkey Jhayam, Surprise Chef, James BKS, Holy Hive, Anatoly Ice, Thee Sacred Souls, Shirley Nanette, David Walters & K.O.G., Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection, Baaba Mal, The Halluci...
The first Rhythm Passport Presents of the year is finally out and to start 2023 in style, we seized the opportunity, space and time given us by RTM.FM to do a quick review of 2022 through some of the most interesting albums released in its 365 days We travelled back...
For this episode of Rhythm Passport Presents, we tried to compress, squeeze and cram 12 months’ worth of notes, rhythms and sounds from all over the world in roughly 120 minutes. Of course, we had to leave our far too many quality tunes. Still, we tried hard and did our...
Songs of the day by Alicia Edelweiss ‘Dreck’ and Ezra Collective on folky and afro funk vibes. 11 albums of the month by Senegalese-Swedish group Wau Wau Collectif, desert psyche folk by Ak’Chamel, Kutiman with chill exotica soul & grooves, Guts with a powerful lineup of african & latin musicians,...
This year’s editions of Womex and Exib Musica have offered us plenty of beautiful little musical surprises. One of them, one of the most inspired and vivid ones, is Aguamadera, a project founded in 2015 by Argentinian Maria Cabral and Marco Grancelli re-discovering, making its own and re-interpreting the kaleidoscopic soul...
