Articles by Kevin Jones

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  Gilberto Gil

  Massey Hall, Toronto ON March 15

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

  Given the enormous influence Brazilian music has instilled throughout the world, when a rare chance comes along to see one of Brazil’s most...

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  Djibril Cissé

  Music And Me

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

  French-based label and entertainment curator Jam Block kicks off its celebrity DJ mix series, and French superstar footballer Djibril Cissé...

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  Seu Jorge

  Live In Montreux 2005

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

  Though the recent spat of somewhat dubious artist releases from the sacred Montreux Jazz Festival’s archives may suggest an increasing loss...

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  Abdominal

  Escape From The Pigeon Hole

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  While you’d still be hard-pressed in 2007 to convincingly outline an exportable representation of a unified Toronto hip-hop scene, it’s alw...

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  Wax Tailor

  Hope & Sorrow

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  French hip-hop producer Wax Tailor solidifies his intricate, cinematic songcraft on his emotionally conflicted sophomore set Hope & Sorrow,...

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  Ray Charles

  Ray Charles At The Olympia

  PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2007

  Though the success of the Oscar-winning biopic chronicling the tumultuous early half of Ray Charles’s life no doubt won him scores of new f...

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  Seu Jorge

  Seu Jorge: Live At Montreux

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2007

  Now well into his campaign for world domination, Brazilian samba-funk torchbearer Seu Jorge made his requisite journey to the world-renowne...

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  Mos Def

  True Magic

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

  With a legion of diehard supporters waiting to see just which Mos Def would show up after 2004’s multidirectional New Danger experiment, on...