Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

Emily King

Scenery

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2019

Emily King is a known entity in the music scene — she signed her first major record deal way back in 2004 — but superstar success has elude...

R&B Artists Like Leon Bridges, H.E.R., the Internet and Khalid Pick Up the Guitar Again

PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2018

From its inception, the genre known as R&B has relied on the venerable guitar for its unique bass-heavy sound and entrancing chord structur...

'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Nails the Best Webslinger in Movie History

Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman

PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2018

While there is no such thing as the perfect movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse comes tantalizingly close. There is a lot of heavy lif...

Soweto Gospel Choir

Freedom

PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2018

The legacy of a revered figure such as South African icon Nelson Mandela, by way of Mandela 100 celebrations, highlight the continued power...

Moonshine / Various

SMS for Location Vol. 2

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2018

Moonshine is Montreal; Montreal is Moonshine. It's safe to say that Polaris Music Prize finalist Pierre Kwenders has had a fruitful year —...

Jessie Reyez Keeps Speaking Her Mind

PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2018

"There is a quote that someone told me years ago —  fuck I can't remember who it was — but they said that creativity is abundant. If it's f...

6lack

Rebel, Toronto ON, November 18

PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2018

It was a cool quirk of the touring schedule that his Toronto show happened to fall on the same day that debut album Free 6lack was released...

Allan Rayman

Harry Hard-On

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018

After a fleeting flirtation with being up for interacting with media, Allan Rayman has apparently gone back underground, back to being more...