Tanika Charles

Calgary Folk Music Festival Gets Spoon, Courtney Barnett, Allison Russell, Cadence Weapon and More for 2022 Edition

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2022

Calgary Folk Music Festival is back in action in 2022, and the 43rd edition of the event has just announced this year's full lineup of over...

Toronto's Tanika Charles Takes Flight on 'Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly'

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2022

In the dead of night, listen closely for the beating wings of Tanika Charles: the Toronto R&B/soul dynamo is back and reflecting light with...

Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Dear Rouge, Orville Peck, Tanika Charles

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2022

Buckle up, folks — when it rains, it pours, and April has already showered us with an overwhelming smattering of new music. As per usual, C...

Tanika Charles's Voice Is the Leading Light of 'Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly'

PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2022

Tanika Charles was in the process of taking her career to the next level when the pandemic cancelled everything. She tasted success with he...

Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Tanika Charles, Alice Glass, Simple Plan, Stars

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2022

Whether or not you believe in the whole groundhog-seeing-his-shadow thing, continuing low temperatures solidify another long six weeks of w...

Tanika Charles Announces New Album 'Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly'

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2022

Tanika Charles has returned with details of a new album. The acclaimed Toronto-based soul singer will spread her wings on third album Papil...

Take a Tour of the Homes Where Canadian Musicians Are Self-Isolating

Show & Tell

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2020

Canadian artists have been spending a whole lot more time at home lately — and since we can't see them onstage right now, Exclaim! caught u...

Exclaim!'s 10 Best Soul, Funk and World Albums of 2019

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2019

Soul, funk and world music, by its very definition, covers a lot of ground — and 2019 is no exception. Artists like Lizzo and Anderson .Paa...