Soul and Funk

Black Atlass

Dream Awake

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2020

Black Atlass has been patient. The Montreal-born crooner has watched as fellow XO labelmates have all dropped their projects in the last fe...

16 Must-Hear Canadian Albums from Winter 2020

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2020

Each day may feel like it lasts an eternity, but we're finally a quarter of the way through 2020. With the sun shining and the weather warm...

SWANES' "Don't Let Them In" Is Now Your Quarantine Anthem

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2020

SWANES are returning to action with new EP Trials and Simulations next month, and before it arrives, Exclaim! is proud to premiere the Toro...

​Frank Ocean Returns with Two New Songs "Dear April" and "Cayendo"

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2020

Frank Ocean has blessed the dumpster fire that is the world in 2020 with two brand new songs. Today, he dropped "Dear April" and "Cayendo."...

Iconic Singer Bill Withers Dead at 81

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2020

Bill Withers — the iconic and long-running singer-songwriter best known for "Lean on Me," among many other tunes — has passed away. He died...

Montreal Jazz Festival Cancels 2020 Edition Due to Coronavirus

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2020

Following the lead of Just for Laughs, Montreal's International Jazz Festival has cancelled its 2020 edition due to the coronavirus pandemi...

Hanorah Shares "Quarantine Sessions" Video of "New Orleans"

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020

Montreal soul singer-songwriter Hanorah is among the millions under lockdown in their homes to slow the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). T...

Thundercat

It Is What It Is

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020

There is perhaps no better album with which to face our current uncertainty than Thundercat's It Is What It Is. Filled with gentle reflecti...