Soul and Funk
LEISURE Map Out 2025 World Tour Behind New Album 'Welcome to the Mood'
PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2025
Auckland, New Zealand's soul-electronic collective LEISURE have announced plans for a world tour behind their forthcoming new album 'Welcome...
Smokey Robinson Countersues Sexual Assault Accusers for Defamation, Elder Abuse
PUBLISHED May 29, 2025
Earlier this month, Smokey Robinson — singer-songwriter, producer, former record executive and Motown veteran — was sued by four women...
Smokey Robinson Denies Sexual Assault Allegations
PUBLISHED May 8, 2025
Singer-songwriter, producer, former record executive and Motown legend Smokey Robinson has been accused of sexual assault by four former...
Michael Kiwanuka Announces Toronto Performance
PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2025
In addition to plans to perform at Calgary Folk Festival this summer and supporting Mumford & Sons in Montreal this fall, British...
Durand Jones & the Indications Book North American Tour
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2025
Behind the upcoming release of their new album 'Flowers' (out June 27 via Dead Oceans), Durand Jones & the Indications have announced their...
Kes the Band Announce Toronto Budweiser Stage Show
PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2025
Trinidadian soca group Kes the Band have announced a lone Toronto show set for Budweiser Stage that they're calling "a dream come true"...
Sargeant X Comrade Map Out Western Canada Shows
PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2025
Sargeant X Comrade are preparing for the release of their new albums Power (Volume 1) sometime in spring and Power (Volume 2) in the fall,...
Watch Jay Douglas Perform an Intimate Concert in Celebration of 'Play It Loud: How Toronto Got Soul'
PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2025
On Valentine's Day (February 14), Jay Douglas stopped by Toronto's Sonic Boom Records for an intimate performance for the Lovers Rock...
