Soul and Funk

Yaya Bey, Anthony OKS, LOKRE Set for Toronto's It's Ok* World Festival 2024

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2024

Returning for its second year, the free It's Ok* World music festival will take Toronto's Trillium Park to a plane of transcendence this...

Ms. Lauryn Hill and Fugees Cancel Tour Three Days Before First Show Due to "Unforeseen Circumstances"

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2024

Ms. Lauryn Hill and the Fugees' US tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' — recently named the best...

Four Tops Singer Duke Fakir Dead at 88

PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2024

Abdul "Duke" Fakir, the last surviving original member of Motown legends the Four Tops, has died. He was 88. The singer passed away from...

Toronto's the Free Label Announce Debut Album 'Songs for Sienna'

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2024

Exclaim! New Faves alumni the Free Label — the Toronto-based '70s disco, '90s R&B and funk-fusion collective who just might be your new...

Kamaal Williams Accused of Sexual Assault by Multiple Women

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2024

South London jazz artist Kamaal Williams has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women. A Resident Advisor investigation led by...

Butcher Brown Were Loose and Authentic at Ottawa Jazz Festival

OLG Stage, June 28

PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2024

After the laid-back, Mediterranean breeziness of Gabi Hartmann on Thursday, it was a whole different kind of melting pot in the OLG tent ...

Hiatus Kaiyote's 'Love Heart Cheat Code' Is the Future Soul JavaScript

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2024

I don't know how much 'Love Heart Cheat Code' — the fourth studio album from Australian quartet Hiatus Kaiyote — is actually meant to take ...

Parliament-Funkadelic and George Clinton Brought the Finest Funk Weirdness to Ottawa Jazz Fest

Main Stage, June 22

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2024

Under the enduring leadership of George Clinton, the look and feel of the legendary Parliament-Funkadelic has changed significantly since ...