Articles by David Dacks

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Jahtarian Dubbers Vol 2
PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2010
There's still plenty of life left in digidub after dubstep. Jahtari maintains its same aesthetic as always: eight-bit that doesn't quit. Ev...
Listen to Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' <i>I Learned the Hard Way</i> Now on Exclaim.ca
PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2010
It seems as if Sharon Jones never goes away. This is not a cynical statement - it simply reflects the R&B dynamo never dropping off the col...
Mulatu Astatke
PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2010
Mulatu Astatke is the godfather of Ethio-jazz ― a low-down but sophisticated brew of funky rhythms, pentatonic scales, and vibraphone...
Sharon Jones Learns the Hard Way
PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2010
Soul maven Sharon Jones's I Learned the Hard Way comes out Tuesday (April 6) on Daptone Records, and it's another fine set of vintage sou...
Meaford, ON's Electric Eclectics Lines Up HEALTH, AIDS Wolf and MYTHS for Fifth Annual Festival
PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2010
Electric Eclectics, one of the most offbeat music festivals in Canada, has released the line-up of its fifth annual event, which will take...
Spiteri
Spiteri
PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2010
Spain's Vampisoul Records continues to offer up lost nuggets of experimentation from throughout the Spanish-speaking world. Spiteri were a...
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Nigeria Special: Volume 2
PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2010
In an interview with Exclaim! around the time the first Nigeria Special came out, Soundway Records founder Miles Cleret said that the track...
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Nigeria Afrobeat Special
PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2010
Whereas Soundway has been an early entrant into many of the countries whose music it has compiled (in terms of vintage pop hybrids), it has...