Articles by David Dacks

Tanika Charles

What!What?What!?

PUBLISHED May 13, 2010

You can't keep the soul of Toronto, ON down. Tanika Charles (aka Mz. Chawls) represents yet another manifestation of the T-Dot's highly var...

Gonjasufi

A Sufi And A Killer

PUBLISHED May 13, 2010

You may never hear a more psychedelic album than this. Just about every electric musician has messed about with shape-shifting flangers and...

Dancehall Artists Mad Cobra and O'Neil Edwards Shot in Jamaica

PUBLISHED May 12, 2010

Mad Cobra, whose "Flex" was one of dancehall's biggest crossover hits of the '90s, was shot in Jamaica Tuesday night (May 11) and is curren...

Heaven And

Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King

PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

Heaven And want to take you higher, but in the end just aren't transcendental enough. They've got all the goods on paper; they're a super-g...

Out to Lunch

Melvin's Rockpile

PUBLISHED May 11, 2010

Out To Lunch ply the murky waters between jam band, jazz-fusion and dance music with much success on their sophomore album. Right away it's...

Tony Allen

PUBLISHED May 6, 2010

Drummer Tony Allen continues to be at the forefront of Afrobeat after he helped invent the genre some 40 years ago. He is equally well know...

Just A Band

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PUBLISHED May 4, 2010

Synthetically generated African music has been around since the '50s, but Kenya's Just A Band are likely to represent some new milestone of...

Mike Patton

Mondo Cane

PUBLISHED May 4, 2010

Patton launches a full-on offensive against his fans with big, bold, vintage Italian pop project Mondo Cane, or at least that may be how ma...