Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

Saukrates

PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2014

While Toronto recording studio the Post Office is a public facility, veteran producer and hip-hop artist Saukrates notes the space exudes a...

Tinashe

Tattoo, Toronto ON, December 13

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2014

Tinashe Jørgensen Kachingwe had a very good 2014. Given that it was widely expected this was Jhené Aiko's year to rule the modernized R&B r...

Goapele

The Hoxton, Toronto ON, December 9

PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2014

Within the R&B world, Goapele Mohlabane has been lumped into the "highly underrated" category, with the bulk of the folks in attendance at...

JMSN

JMSN

PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2014

Having been introduced to many via his collaborations with peeps like Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Freddie Gibbs, JMSN's first self-titled f...

Mary J. Blige

The London Sessions

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2014

For someone historically known as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul," Mary J. Blige's more successful albums have always captured emotional distre...

David Ryshpan & Gitanjali Jain Serrano

Alicuanta

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2014

Alicuanta is powerful. Across this cosmos of 13 tracks, vocalist Gitanjali Jain Serrano and pianist David Ryshpan take a trip through the a...

Merna Talks Emerging from the Shadows of Ayah for 'The Calling,' Working with Ali Shaheed Muhammad

PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2014

While she had been using the name Ayah professionally throughout her career, going by the name Merna represents a reinvention of sorts for...

Merna

The Calling

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2014

To date, Toronto's Merna (formerly/alternatively known as Ayah) has had an interesting career as a soul-based artist. The gifted vocalist i...