Articles by Del F. Cowie

Dilated Peoples Talk Their Return with 'Directors of Photography' and Working with Aloe Blacc

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2014

After an eight-year hiatus, Dilated Peoples return with their fifth full-length album Directors of Photography on August 12 on Rhymesayers....

Common

Nobody's Smiling

PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2014

On his tenth album, Common chooses to focus on his Chicago hometown, a city that has been beset by increasing violence over the past few ye...

King Reign

Heads Up Toronto

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2014

King Reign's Sincere may be his solo debut full-length, but the Toronto MC has taken a long path to its release, logging plenty of experien...

King Reign

Sincere

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2014

King Reign keeps his cards close to his chest. Most of the stories in his rhymes are either introspective or allude to things that have hap...

King Reign Talks 'Sincere' LP and the Drake Collaboration That Never Was

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2014

After releasing a few EPs over the last five years or so, including 2009's The Audacity of Hope, Reign Music and 2013's Reign Music Vol. 2,...

Adrian X

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2014

When he's not on tour being the musical director for Drake's live shows or flying to Australia on command to play a gig for Kylie Minogue,...

Allie

Massey Hall, Toronto ON, June 21

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2014

Toronto singer Allie's brand of R&B is a progressive fusion of soul and jazzy hip-hop on record, and she brought an impressive representati...

Chaka Khan

Kool Haus, Toronto ON, June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2014

Sandwiched between the end of Luminato and NXNE already in full swing, the Toronto Jazz Festival is just one of many events competing for t...