Articles by Del F. Cowie

Fashawn

The Ecology

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2015

Appearing on stage with Nas at last year's SXSW could have been a blessing or a curse for Fashawn. Of course, Fashawn's eventual signing to...

Arthur McArthur

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2015

Located in a nondescript building in Toronto's Moss Park neighbourhood is where you'll find Site Sound Studios. A few years ago, the Weeknd...

Ne-Yo

Non-Fiction

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2015

Ne-Yo's sixth album is being positioned as a return to the R&B singer's musical roots. It's an attempt to grab back Ne-Yo's core fan base g...

Ne-Yo Reflects on Executive Life and Returning to R&B with 'Non-Fiction'

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2015

It's been over two years since Ne-Yo released his last album R.E.D., but it doesn't seem as if he's been out of the spotlight that much. Hi...

Arthur McArthur on His Search for Success with Wiz Khalifa, Pusha T, Wale

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2015

You've probably heard something that Toronto-born, L.A.-based hip-hop producer Arthur McArthur has created, but his name may not ring a bel...

Selma

Ava DuVernay

PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2015

It's hard to disconnect the timeliness of Ava DuVernay's Selma, which focuses on a few months of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, fr...

Wu-Tang Clan

A Better Tomorrow

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2014

One of the first voices you hear on the Wu-Tang Clan's first group album in eight years is that of the late Ol' Dirty Bastard. Intended to...

Sean Michaels Goes from Music Blog to Giller Prize Shortlist

PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2014

With his first novel Us Conductors, a fictional novel based on the life of theremin inventor Lev Termen, being shortlisted for the prestigi...