Articles by David Dacks

Montreal Jazz Festival - Richard Bona

Theatre Maisonneuve, Montreal QC July 2

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2010

Richard Bona's last live album was called Richard Bona Makes You Sweat. The Cameroonian bassist will certainly make you do that, but he's m...

Montreal Jazz Festival - Robert Glasper featuring Bilal

Gesu, Centre De Creativite, Montreal QC July 3

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2010

Over the past 20 years, a couple generations of jazzmen have taken up the Jazzmatazz concept of incorporating jazz and hip-hop. The challen...

Alpha Yaya Diallo

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2010

Guitarist Alpha Yaya Diallo is an African Guitar Summit unto himself. Not only is he a member of that Juno Award winning pan-African super-...

The Reality Of <b>Konono No. 1</b>

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2010

Some artists claim not to play music industry games. Then there's Konono No. 1, for whom there are no games, period. It's been five years s...

Deepchord presents Echospace

Liumin

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2010

Over several releases, Rod Modell and Steve Hitchell have found new ways to burnish barely-there dub electronics with crackly analog sheets...

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Palenque! Palenque! Champeta, Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2010

Why do Soundway's records always get high ratings? It's not just the thrill of the new &mdash; about two-dozen reissues into the game, it's...

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Cumbia Beat Volume 1

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2010

Is this a new wrinkle in the eternal struggle of licensing vintage music or just a rip off? In Vampisoul's excellent new collection, Cumbia...

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The Afrosound Of Colombia

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2010

Picking up where Soundway's Colombia compilation left off (though only temporarily &mdash; there's more to come down that particular pipe),...