Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

Glenn Lewis Talks His Return with 'Moment of Truth'

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2013

It's been a little over a decade since Toronto-based R&B singer-songwriter Glenn Lewis first made an international splash with 2002 album W...

Beyoncé

Beyoncé

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2013

The story thus far: on December 13th, Beyoncé stealth drops her fifth studio album to iTunes, catching traditional and social media off-gua...

R. Kelly

Black Panties

PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2013

R. Kelly: an artist who incites the definitive "love the art, not the person" debate. For an artist who has descended so far down to become...

Jhené Aiko

Sail Out

PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2013

Jhené Aiko isn't a powerful singer, but she makes up for it with charisma and confidence. Her Sail Out EP is intended to keep people sated...

Solange / Various

Saint Heron

PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2013

Solange Knowles has done a commendable job in dodging sister Beyonce's bombastic shadow and creating her own path to artistic fulfillment....

Glenn Lewis

The Return

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2013

After being a prominent name (and voice) for the burgeoning "neo-soul/R&B" movement in the early 2000s, Toronto's Glenn Lewis has seemingly...

Zaki Ibrahim

Adelaide Hall, Toronto ON, October 25

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2013

"Let's have fun tonight, yeah?" said an exuberant Zaki Ibrahim while flanked by her two trusty (and talented) left- and right-hand women, G...

The Weeknd

Massey Hall, Toronto ON, October 17

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2013

Three sold-out nights at the legendary and venerable Massey Hall for an artist no one even heard about less than three years ago? Abel Tesf...