Articles by David Dacks

The Swagger of Saidah Baba Talibah

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2011

"I'm a woman. I'm speaking from experience" says Saidah Baba Talibah about her confident, carnal debut (S)cream. "I'm coming into my own."...

Secrets of Central Asia

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2011

The Secret Museum Of Mankind series was a beguiling series of folk music from around the world compiled by Yazoo Records during the 1990s....

Harry Manx

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2011

The wandering spirit of Salt Spring Island, BC's Harry Manx comes out in his guitar playing. His easy, conversational style of performing w...

Ali Shaheed Muhammad

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2011

Ali Shaheed Muhammad is into his third decade of beats, rhymes and life. He'll always be associated with A Tribe Called Quest, who are back...

Ernest Ranglin

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2011

Guitarist Ernest Ranglin is Jamaica's Oscar Peterson ― the country's consummate jazz musician and a national hero. Now imagine if Osc...

Red DJs Alert

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2011

Aboriginal DJ collective A Tribe Called Red have mashed up First Nations imagery and sonics like no one before. What's truly noteworthy abo...

Wreckhouse International Jazz and Blues Festival featuring Harry Manx, Friendly Rich, Tunnel Six

St. John's, NL July 13-16

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2011

The rime of an ancient Newfoundlander tells of last year's Wreckhouse International Jazz and Blues fest sprinkled by a mere ten minutes of...

Wreckhouse Jazz & Blues Festival Kicks Off in St. John's with Jill Barber, Harry Manx, Kenwood Dennard

PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2011

Kicking off today (July 13) in St. John's, NL, the Wreckhouse Jazz & Blues Festival will celebrate its tenth edition. Among the big names a...