Articles by David Dacks

Sorry Bamba

Volume 1: 1970-1979

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

The gold rush of Malian music continues; it remains amazing how this relatively small country has become almost as synonymous with West Afr...

Seun Kuti Strengthens The Brand

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

It was a passing comment, but a telling one. Seun Kuti, publicly anointed heir to father Fela's band and belligerence, describes the circum...

Marvin Gaye's Open Book

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

You're really throwing down the reissue gauntlet with a term like Super Deluxe. It helps to build on a foundation of one of the most univer...

Lacquer Channel

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

"Where I Play"? Anywhere but here. Don't even think about laying tracks at this studio. For more than 35 years, the Lacquer Channel has bu...

Montreal Jazz Festival: Milton Nascimento

Theatre Maisonneuve, Montreal QC June 25

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

A glass of water and a glass of red wine sat centre stage in front of a full house of nearly 1,500 -- was Milton Nascimento going to turn o...

Ziggy Marley

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

At one time Bob Marley's most famous son, of late Ziggy Marley is concentrating on children's music before re-emerging with Wild And Free t...

Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Celebrates 25 Years with De La Soul, Aaron Neville, Tegan and Sara

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2011

The 25th edition of the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival gets going Friday (June 24) and runs until July 3 in Saskatoon. It's bigger than ever, f...

Seun Kuti

From Africa With Fury: Rise

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2011

Seun Kuti is one of the lucky ones ― when he sings about "The Good Leaf," he doesn't get the munchies and crash out, it merely makes...