Articles by David Dacks

A Tribe Called Red

The Halluci Nation Is Real

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2016

"A Tribe Called Red is a constant surprise with what we're able to accomplish," Bear Witness says. "If you look at our history, we just wan...

A Tribe Called Red

We Are the Halluci Nation

PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2016

A Tribe Called Red's musical evolution has been nothing short of incredible. We Are the Halluci Nation comes three years after Nation II Na...

An Essential Guide to Ornette Coleman

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2015

How does one measure a lasting impact on music? Someone whose influence lasts a decade or even a generation? What does "an impact on music"...

Then and Now: Toronto Nightlife History

By Denise Benson

PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2015

Mixing: this is what drives club culture. No concept appears more often in Then and Now: Toronto Nightlife History, Denise Benson's vital h...

Snarky Puppy

Metropolis, Montreal QC, June 30

PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2015

What is the jazz equivalent to "poptimism"? Jazz festivals have answered this question poorly: it's pretty easy to spot who the designated...

Joyce Moreno

Club Soda, Montreal QC, June 30

PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2015

Brazilian guitarist and vocalist Joyce Moreno is approaching 50 years in show business — long enough to be intimately connected to the boss...

Nels Cline & Julian Lage

Gesu, Montreal QC, July 1

PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2015

The Jedi and Padawan? More like Revenge of the Sith, when Anakin and Obi-Wan are pretty evenly matched, although no limbs were chopped off...

Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens

Metropolis, Montreal QC, July 1

PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2015

Naomi Shelton and her Gospel Queens were the first half of a double dip of Daptone Records artists at Metropolis, opening for the ferocious...