Jazz Articles about Rhythms of the City

Rhythms of the City: Rhythms of the City

by Chris May
October 9, 2008

Led by saxophonist and percussionist Barak Schmool, Rhythms of the City was one of first bands to emerge from London's newly formed F-IRE (Fellowship for Integrated Rhythmic Expression) collective in the late 1990s. Starting life as a samba drumming group, it has since added splashes of salsa, funk, soca and hip hop to create the glorious, beat-centric melange heard on Rhythms of the City.