Articles by David Dacks

Salva

Complex Housing

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2011

Synth funk is as popular now as it ever was during the '80s, but much of the time it just doesn't contain the same forward-thinking attitud...

Minor Empire

Second Nature

PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2011

Canada has an unfortunate specialty in producing limp world music sketches that may look good on paper, but are pretty thin gruel on disc....

Ballaké Sissoko / Vincent Segal

Chamber Music

PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2011

It's hard to believe that this gorgeous album had to wait a year-and-a-half for a North American release. Such are the arcane ways of world...

Dread Serious

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2011

Call him Ras Wolverine? When Drew MacIntosh feels the power of his magical amulet, his talons sharpen and his enemies scatter. Dread and Al...

Gilles Peterson

The Tastemaker

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2011

British DJ Gilles Peterson is one of the finest examples of the DJ as curator. Unlike hip-hop entrepreneurs who diversify their "brand" wit...

MaSuper Star

Airtime

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2011

MaSuper Star aren't the future of music: they're the present. These superstars are a duo from rural Botswana, composed of Kenny and Soops,...

The Heptones

Jamaica Canadian Association, Toronto ON January 15

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2011

When the rum in your coke is Wray and Nephew overproof, you know the evening won't be a total loss. Unfortunately, the reunion of legendary...

Legendary Reggae Band the Heptones to Reunite In Toronto

PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2011

The Heptones, one of reggae's most celebrated harmony groups, have announced a reunion of their core members for the first time in (purport...