Pierre Kwenders

Polaris Music Prize Reveals 2018 Short List

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2018

After announcing the 40 long-listed albums, the Polaris Music Prize has now unveiled 2018's short list. Made up of 10 finalists, the compl...

Osheaga Reveals Toronto Block Party Lineup

PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2018

Osheaga is gearing up for its 2018 edition in Montreal, but the party will get started a little earlier with a Toronto event. On June 16,...

Pierre Kwenders

Field Trip, Toronto ON, June 2

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2018

It takes extraordinary talent to both sing and rap capably in four different languages. To do so while dancing for 45 minutes is especially...

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Soul and R&B Albums

Best of 2017

PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2017

This week, Exclaim! is rolling out our annual, genre-specific album lists for the Best of 2017. Yesterday (November 29), we wrapped up our...

Pierre Kwenders

MAKANDA at the End of Space, the Beginning of Time

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2017

With his latest album, the talkatively titled MAKANDA at the End of Space, the Beginning of Time, Montreal-by-way-of-Kinshasa musician Pier...

Pierre Kwenders on How Shabazz Palaces Helped Craft His New Progressive Pan-African Album

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2017

After earning props in 2014 for his ambitious genre-bending, electronically charged offering, Le Dernier Empereur Bantou, Congo-born, Montr...

Pierre Kwenders

Festival de Musique Émergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, August 31

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2017

Steeped in the ecstasy of revelry, Pierre Kwenders' music is blissful and free. Escapist isn't the word, but it ventures beyond the head-do...

Pierre Kwenders Shares Two New Tracks off 'MAKANDA'

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2017

Pierre Kwenders is a little under a month away from delivering his sophomore effort MAKANDA at the End of Space, the Beginning of Time, and...