Articles by Kevin Jones

Foly Asiko

Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON, June 12

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2013

While the prospect of a nine-piece Afrobeat ensemble rocking the cozy Gladstone Ballroom looked really good on paper, that idea didn't enti...

Flying Lotus / Thundercat

Sound Academy, Toronto ON, May 15

PUBLISHED May 16, 2013

L.A.-born producer/DJ Flying Lotus has managed to keep a firm grip on his status as one of the most important creative minds in electronic...

Badi Assad

Between Love and Luck

PUBLISHED May 14, 2013

Fresh from a six year hiatus taken to devote herself to motherhood and spend some necessary time away from both the recording studio and th...

Talib Kweli

Prisoner of Conscious

PUBLISHED May 3, 2013

Some 15 years after helping to lead the Rawkus charge, quickly establishing himself as an underground hero of consciousness in the process,...

Nametag & Nameless

For Namesake

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2013

After years spent just beyond the shadows of the MCs who've carried the torch for Detroit's legendary hip-hop scene over the past decade, f...

Coultrain

Jungle Mumbo Jumbo

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2013

While his collaborative efforts as a member of Platinum Pied Pipers, and more recently Hawthorne Headhunters, may have brought him a bit mo...

Lianne La Havas Talks Plans for her Second LP, Getting a Phone Call from Prince

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2013

The past couple of years in the professional life of Lianne La Havas have proven quite an exciting journey, beginning with a handful of att...

Snoop Lion

Reincarnated

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2013

While the humanity and personal growth shown in Snoop Lion's Reincarnated documentary granted the legendary rapper some sympathetic cover f...