Articles by David Dacks

Ocote Soul Sounds

Taurus

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2011

Like an Afro-Latin comet, Martin Perna and Adrian Quesada have been slowly journeying back to Earth with each successive release. They've a...

K Frimpong And His Cubano Fiestas

Blue

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2011

If you were to own one highlife album, this might make a good case. Of course, if you've travelled the world of music all the way to vintag...

Jesse Futerman

Superbasement

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2011

Toronto, ON wunderkind producer Jesse Futerman has made a huge impression on uber-DJ Gilles Peterson over the last few years (despite being...

Deadbeat

Drawn and Quartered

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

Scott Monteith (aka Deadbeat) launches new label BLKRTZ with this major change in direction. Drawn and Quartered extends the meditative sid...

Khôra / Nick Kuepfer / Silent Land Time Machine / I Have Eaten the City

Tranzac Club, Toronto ON June 8

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2011

A wise man once said that technical difficulties are the fifth element of hip-hop, and overcoming them is the sixth. Apparently, the same a...

Montreal Jazz Festival Announces Complete Lineup with the B-52s, Galactic, Poirier's Sound System

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2011

One of the biggest and best jazz fests in the world, the Montreal Jazz Festival, has announced 750 free concerts, completing its action-pac...

Turtleboy

Smart Matter

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2011

Turtleboy are very much living in this moment of jazz. The front cover is sticker-ed with a quote from likeminded trumpet player Dave Dougl...

The Roots Of Rocksteady

Stascha Bader

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2011

Rocksteady was the brief but vital transition music between ska and reggae in mid-'60s Jamaica. It lasted two, three years tops, but left a...