Soul and Funk

Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire Announce Co-Headlining 2024 North American Tour

PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2023

Having embarked on their first co-headlining venture in the early aughts with multiple others to follow, brass-loving twin flames Chicago a...

Frank Ocean Teases New Song with Shades of 'Channel Orange'

PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2023

It's been over three years since Frank Ocean last shared new music, and approaching a decade since his most recent album. People have start...

Jonah Yano's Shapeshifting "concentrate" Is a Year in Review

PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2023

Just as Jonah Yano set the tone for 2023 with portrait of a dog, his new single "concentrate" ushers us toward 2024 — but not before booken...

Badge Epoque Ensemble Break Down the Essentials on 'Air, Light & Harmony'

PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2023

What's the next step after cutting your most accomplished effort to date? For Badge Époque Ensemble, the horizon beyond last year's Clouds...

Toronto's Sound of Rhythms & Resistance Gets Jay Douglas, Nana McLean, Ammoye, the Human Rights

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2023

In celebration and recognition of Toronto's Caribbean music scene, the city's TD Music Hall will be hosting the Sound of Rhythms & Resistan...

Lauryn Hill and the Fugees Were on Fire (Even If They Weren't on Time) in Toronto

Scotiabank Arena, October 26

PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2023

It was a calculated risk to take Toronto's underfunded, overextended transit system to see Lauryn Hill in concert, but I did so in understa...

Busty and the Bass Team Up with Katie Tupper on New Single "Never Get Enough"

PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2023

Montreal soul-jazz collective Busty and the Bass have shared "Never Get Enough," a new single from their upcoming LP Forever Never Cares, f...

LAL Drop "Moments of Release," Tease José Garcia-Directed Film Project

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2023

Toronto duo LAL have shared "Moments of Release," the second single from their upcoming album SPECTACULAR, arriving next month via Coax Rec...