Articles by David Dacks

Walter/Halvorson/Evans Trio / Not the Wind, Not the Flag / Induced Labour

Placebo, Toronto ON January 7

PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2011

Jazz and art spaces have been great friends for decades, and their partnership shows no signs of abating. This proved to be a great benefit...

<i>Fela!</i> to Be Broadcast Live Across Canada and the World

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2011

Fela!, the much-celebrated musical biography of Nigerian musical and political icon Fela Anikulapo Kuti, is coming to a cinema near you. T...

Laurie Anderson, Little Women and Bureau B's Sky Reissues Lead Exclaim!'s Top Improv & Avant-Garde Albums of 2010

PUBLISHED Dec 28, 2010

Once again, Exclaim!'s Improv & Avant-Garde year-end list consists of writers' ten top ones. There are two advantages to compiling the list...

Tanzania's Remmy Ongala Dies at 63

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2010

Tanzanian music star Remmy Ongala died in Dar Es Salaam at the age of 63 earlier this month on December 12. Ongala had been ill with variou...

Janelle Monáe, Sharon Jones, Erykah Badu and Bilal Take Top Honours in Exclaim!'s Best Soul and R&B Albums of 2010

PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2010

This year's top ten list for Exclaim!'s Groove section swings from Afrobeat to sparse electronics, but is truly a testament to the big year...

Various

The Sound of Siam

PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2010

Soundway has proven itself worthy with virtually every compilation by doing one of two things really well: being the first entry into "prev...

Jahdan Blakkamoore

Bablyon Nightmare

PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2010

Despite the incredibly fast pace at which Jamaica issues music, you'd think that the album format would be more time-consuming than it's wo...

Various

Scientist Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space

PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2010

One can see the appeal of uniting Jamaican dub's premier artist of the '80s with his descendents at Tectonic. Scientist produced a type of...