Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

Terakaft

Alone

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2015

Terakaft's new project Alone, their fifth full-length, finds the Mali band further refining their Saharan Tuareg sound across nine tracks....

Terry Gomes

Blue. Green. Aquamarine.

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2015

Ottawa-based guitarist-composer Terry Gomes builds off his jazz instrumental release of 2014's The Sand in My Shoes with this short but swe...

Leona Lewis

I Am

PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2015

While British singer-songwriter Leona Lewis states that her professional split with Simon Cowell's record label was "amicable," one has to...

Kuku

Ballads and Blasphemy

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2015

As an artist, Kuku's engagement with Yoruba and Western influences endures on new album Ballads and Blasphemy. The 11-track project represe...

Patrick Lehman

Butchy's Son

PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2015

Montreal-based crooner Patrick Lehman cooks up a medley of pop and R&B influences — a sound he terms "electric soul." And there's a d...

Frightnrs

Inna Lovers Quarrel

PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2015

Diplo gave the co-sign, and the Frightnrs delivered. The debut EP, Inna Lovers Quarrel, by the NYC-based quartet leverage some rocksteady v...

The Five Defining Songs of the Weeknd

PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2015

It's official: the Weeknd is not an open secret. He's no longer an underground XO-repping star loved by a fervid fan base but greeted with...

Raging Fyah

Destiny

PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2015

Creating and performing reggae music can't be faked; it's either authentic sounding or it ain't. The five-piece band from Kingston, Jamaica...