Articles by David Dacks

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society

Brooklyn Babylon

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2013

Darcy James Argue made one of the more noteworthy big band records of the last decade with his debut, Infernal Machines (2009). Moving beyo...

Kobo Town

Jumbie in the Jukebox

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2013

The sophomore album from Kobo Town finds Toronto, ON's unique neo-calypso/funk/reggae raconteurs expanding their sound and scope. However,...

Sign of Four

Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2013

The revival of classic funk and soul has lasted far longer than the original era. What's more, contemporary analog fetishists have mixed up...

Various

Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2013

Numero's next stop on their continuing quest to reconstitute the lost soul scenes around the U.S. and beyond hits San Antonio, TX for the f...

Ballake Sissoko

At Peace

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2013

Kora player Ballake Sissoko's Chamber Music was one of the most notable releases in world music in the last five years — "world music...

Mas Aya

Pockets

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2013

Mas Aya is an alter ego of Brandon Valdivia, a multitalented drummer in Toronto, ON, who has worked in intense free-improv (Not The Wind, N...

Daniel Nebiat

Sealitya Adey

PUBLISHED Dec 25, 2012

Toronto, ON's premier krar (Eritrean harp/lute) player, Daniel Nebiat has released a strong follow-up to his debut. The production has a gr...

Groove 2012: PSY vs. Snoop Lion

PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2012

Nobody could have predicted that a cherubic thirty-something rapper from South Korea would record the most popular song of 2012. However, j...