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Rhythm Passport is a free online magazine and events listings for open-minded, curious, fun-loving people who want to discover music from around the world - https://linktr.ee/rhythmpassport
Daily Discovery: Wetakeoff x Victorya Makinde - Afèfè Tuntun

Paris and Abidjan sessions via Wetakeoff Camp. Yoruba vocal from Victorya Makinde, with “Mabo” (“come”) repeated as the hook. Wetakeoff’s debut album WEFLY is due next.

#Wetakeoff #VictoryaMakinde
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January 5, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Daily Discovery: ZHERAV – NAJA

Wellington producer ZHERAV turns his club setup toward NAJA, a Batov Middle Eastern Grooves 45 built from programmed drums, looping bass and guitar lines shaped by Middle Eastern scales

#ZHERAV #NAJA #NewZealand #MiddleEasternGrooves
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January 3, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Daily Discovery: La Pambelé – La Burrita

Bogotá nine-piece La Pambelé turn Eliseo Herrera’s La Burrita into one-take salsa brava, with vocals from Miguel Rebolledo and Lorena Contento over a full percussion and horn section

#LaPambele #LaBurrita #Colombia #Salsa
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December 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Aldiana Fall – "Nit ku bakh"

From Mbour to Stuttgart, Aldiana Fall’s Giaar music links live djembe, dundun and xhin with Wolof lyrics on "Nit ku bakh", extending the line set by "Touba" and "Lamp A Tak Bamba Fégn".

#AldianaFall #NitKuBakh #Senegal
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December 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Kunyai – "Kiriyo"

Brussels producer Kunyai links deep and organic house on "Kiriyo", his first release for Cascade Records, built on layered percussion and African vocal lines.

#Kunyai #Kiriyo #Belgium #OrganicHouse
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December 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Mulatu Astatke – "Tezeta" (Live at RAK Studios)

At RAK Studios in London, Mulatu Astatke revisits "Tezeta" as a piano, sax and cello trio during the Mulatu Plays Mulatu sessions, stripping one of his key Ethio-jazz pieces back to its core
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December 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Ivee Soul x Mishy Kope x Mandilakhe Ikhaya – "Welela"

Songwriting-camp track linking Strand, rural Eastern Cape and Cradock, with vocals over an Afro-pop and folk-centred arrangement.

#IveeSoul #MishyKope #MandilakheIkhaya #Welela #SouthAfrica
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December 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Souad Massi – Samt

"Samt" (Arabic for “silence”) is the first single from Zagate.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Daily Discovery: AfroQuiesa Orchestra – Marrageisha

AfroQuiesa Orchestra from Quiesa, Italy open C'è Sempre Tempo Per l'Amore with "Marrageisha", six minutes of instrumental afro-funk linking Lagos afrobeat and Japanese video game patterns.

#AfroQuiesaOrchestra
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December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Kabusa Oriental Choir – Detty December

Kabusa Oriental Choir move from viral choir covers to original songs with "Detty December" on Snafu Records, turning Nigeria’s late-December rush into a choral track built on drums and bass for dancing.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Daily Discovery: Psyché – Hurriya (We Must Resist)

Naples and Tunisia meet on Hurriya (We Must Resist): Ziad Trabelsi on voice and oud, set inside drums, bass, guitar and synth. Afrobeat-derived rhythmic patterns under Arabic melodic phrasing, via Four Flies Records.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Daily Discovery: ABI Afrobeat – Yamoléma

ABI Afrobeat share Yamoléma: a seven-piece built around bass, two guitars, drums, percussion, trombone, and alto and baritone sax, with batucada and Afro-Cuban rhythm detail inside a classic afrobeat set-up

#ABIAfrobeat
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December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Zemog El Gallo Bueno – Mania

NYC 9-piece Zemog El Gallo Bueno release “Mania” from ¡Ya Tú Sabes! U All Reddy Noe. (5 Dec, Pinch Records). Built through Abraham Gomez-Delgado’s “composing backwards” process, cutting improvs into final charts
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December 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Daily Discovery: Jorge Aguilar y Sus Embelecos – Eres Tú Mi Rosa

A Berroche-based single from Colombia’s Magdalena River, led by tambores and featuring guitar from Tapha Gaye. Released via Astar Artes.

#JorgeAguilarYSusEmbelecos #EresTuMiRosa #Colombia #Berroche
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December 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Daily Discovery: Tank and the Bangas – Why You Mad? (Poetry On A Porch) ft. Dawn Richard

Tank & the Bangas bring poetry & performance together on Poetry On A Porch, turning The Thing About Falling into sound w/ Dawn Richard as guest

#TankAndTheBangas
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December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Daily Discovery: Sonetos del Amor Oscuro - Pajarita De Papel

Pajarita De Papel sets a Lorca sonnet for voice, flamenco guitar, cello and flute on Sonetos del Amor Oscuro’s Zephyrus album Vol. 1: El Sueño Se Deshizo Para Siempre.

#SonetosDelAmorOscuro #Belgium
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December 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Daily Discovery: Yeko - Maliba

"The Great Mali" as a unifying anthem, sung by Socha Socha and written by Salimata Traoré with Yohann Le Ferrand. Songhai wedding rhythm from northern Mali, pushed through a rock band set-up.

#Yeko #Maliba #Mali #Songhai #Rock
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December 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Interview: OOPUS – Where Traditional Dance Meets the Rave

At WOMEX in Tampere, OOPUS break down how Estonian bagpipes, acid lines and Folktronica stages led to new album Reivlender, today’s single Sissejuhatus and a different future for club folk.

#OOPUS
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December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Daily Discovery: Aldiana Fall – Touba

Touba brings together live djembe, dundun and xhin with Wolof lines addressed to Serigne Abdoul Karim Mbacke, echoing Mouride devotional patterns shaped during Fall’s upbringing in Mbour.

#AldianaFall #Touba #Senegal #GiaarMusic
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December 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Daily Discovery: Umut Adan & Zebânis – Sale Marino

“Sale Marino” grew from a Bosphorus ferry crossing, pairing reverb-rich guitars, a jazz-tinged bassline and lyrics shaped by Istanbul’s pressures. Released on Six Degrees Records.

#UmutAdan #Zebanis #SaleMarino
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December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Daily Discovery: Kanta dAb dAb – Gathāmuga

Kanta dAb dAb trace the Gathāmuga ritual from Nepal Mandal, when communities release the spirits invoked for monsoon planting. Sitar, bass & drums carry the piece’s link to Newar tradition

#KantaDabDab #Gathāmugaa
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December 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Daily Discovery: Imarhan – "Tellalt (Live from Aboogi Studio)"

Imarhan preview Essam with "Tellalt" acoustic session from Tamanrasset. Named for burning Saharan acacia wood. Album out 16 January via City Slang.

#Imarhan #Tellalt #Tuareg #Algeria #CitySlang
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December 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Daily Discovery: 15 15 – Fāfaru

15 15 share Fāfaru through S76, linking a Polynesian food narrative with French and Tahitian lyrics and an arrangement shaped by synthesisers, percussion and ensemble vocals.

#1515 #Fāfaruu #Marara #France #Tahiti #Polynesia #S76
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December 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Daily Discovery: 15 15 – Fāfaru

15 15 share Fāfaru through S76 ahead of debut album Mārara. The track centres on the preparation of the Polynesian dish fāfaru and the marina scene in their narrative.

#1515 #Fāfaruu #Māraraa #France #Tahiti #Polynesia
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December 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Daily Discovery: Kefaya & Elaha Soroor – Our Freedoms Must Be Won

Kefaya & Elaha Soroor share Our Freedoms Must Be Won, built around verses by Hazara writer Aziza Fayaz and arranged with references to Qawwali and Gnaoua.

#Kefaya #ElahaSoroor #OurFreedomsMustBeWon
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December 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM